Argentiniceras

Argentiniceras
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, Berriasian, 145.5–140.2Ma
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. It belongs to the class Cephalopoda. Its fossils was found in (Russia), (Yemen),[2] (India),[3] (Mediterranean) and (South America).[4]

References

  1. Ian West. "Purbeck Formation Bibliography". Retrieved 2009-12-27.
  2. "The Paleobiology Database". 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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