Argentiniceras

Argentiniceras; Temporal range: Berriasian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	† Ammonoidea
Order:	† Ammonitida
Family:	† Neocomitidae
Subfamily:	† Neocomitinae
Genus:	† Argentiniceras ; Spath, 1924
Species
	A. argentinumSteuer, 1897; A. bituberculatumLeanza, 1945; A. fasciculatumSteuer, 1897; A. loncochensisSteuer, 1897; A. longicepsSteuer; A. malarguenseSteuer, 1897; A. mintaqiHowarth, 1998; A. mutatumSteuer, 1897; A. noduliferusSteuer, 1897;
Synonyms
	Andesites

Last updated November 18, 2025

Argentiniceras is an extinct genus of cephalopod belonging to the Ammonite subclass. It belongs to the class Cephalopoda. Its fossils were found in Russia, Yemen,^[1] India,^[2] Mediterranean, Canada ^[3] and South America.^[4]

References

1 2 "The Paleobiology Database" . Retrieved 2009-12-27.
↑ Krishna, J. 1991. Discovery of Lower Berriasian (Lower Cretaceous) ammonoid genus Argentiniceras from Kachchh (India) and its relevance to the Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary. Newsletters on Stratigraphy 23:3141–150.
↑ Salazar C. 2012. The Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary (Tithonian – Hauterivian) in the Andean Basin of Central Chile: Ammonites, bio- and sequence stratigraphy and palaeobiogeography. Ruprecht-Karls Universität Heidelberg, 388 p.
↑ Schwarz E., The Neuquén Basin, Argentina: A Case Study in Sequence Stratigraphy and Basin Dynamics (Geological Society, 2005)

External links

Argentiniceras on The Paleobiology Database, information about fossil sites of A. mintaqi and A. longiceps

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[Paleobiodb-1] 1 2 "The Paleobiology Database" . Retrieved 2009-12-27.

[2] Krishna, J. 1991. Discovery of Lower Berriasian (Lower Cretaceous) ammonoid genus Argentiniceras from Kachchh (India) and its relevance to the Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary. Newsletters on Stratigraphy 23:3141–150.

[3] Salazar C. 2012. The Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary (Tithonian – Hauterivian) in the Andean Basin of Central Chile: Ammonites, bio- and sequence stratigraphy and palaeobiogeography. Ruprecht-Karls Universität Heidelberg, 388 p.

[4] Schwarz E., The Neuquén Basin, Argentina: A Case Study in Sequence Stratigraphy and Basin Dynamics (Geological Society, 2005)

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