Argentiniceras

Argentiniceras
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, Berriasian, 145.5–140.2 Ma
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Genus: Argentiniceras
Species
  • A. mintaqi
  • A. longiceps
  • A. loncochensis (Steur)
  • A. noduliferum
  • A. bituberculatum??[1]

Argentiniceras is an extinct genus of cephalopod belonging to the Ammonite subclass. Its fossils was found in (Russia), (Yemen)[2], (India)[3], (Mediterranean) and (South America)[4].

References

  1. ^ Ian West. "Purbeck Formation Bibliography". http://www.soton.ac.uk/~imw/purb-al.htm. Retrieved 2009-12-27. 
  2. ^ "The Paleobiology Database". http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=14574&is_real_user=1. Retrieved 2009-12-27. 
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Schwarz E., The Neuquén Basin, Argentina: A Case Study in Sequence Stratigraphy and Basin Dynamics (Geological Society, 2005)

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