Argentiniceras

Argentiniceras Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, Berriasian, 145.5–140.2 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Ammonoidea
Superfamily:	Endemoceratoidea
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 was 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)

External links

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