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Curacoites

Aguirre-Urreta & Rawson, 2012

Curacoites is a genus of ammonites which existed during the early Barremian of what is now Argentina. It was described by Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta and Peter F. Rawson in 2012, and the type species is C. rotundus. [1]

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References

  1. Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta and Peter F. Rawson (2012). "Lower Cretaceous ammonites from the Neuquén Basin, Argentina: A new heteromorph fauna from the uppermost Agrio Formation". Cretaceous Research. 35: 208–216. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2012.01.001. hdl: 11336/68453 .