Argentiniceras
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Neocomitidae
Subfamily: Neocomitinae
Genus: Argentiniceras
Spath, 1924
Species
  • A. argentinum Steuer, 1897
  • A. bituberculatum Leanza, 1945
  • A. fasciculatum Steuer, 1897
  • A. loncochensis Steuer, 1897
  • A. longiceps Steuer
  • A. malarguense Steuer, 1897
  • A. mintaqi Howarth, 1998
  • A. mutatum Steuer, 1897
  • A. noduliferus Steuer, 1897

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. "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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