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Argentiniceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae

Taxonomy
Argentiniceras is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Neocomitinae by Wright et al. (1996); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Argentiniceras Wright et al. p. 55
2002Andesites Sepkoski
2002Argentiniceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyNeocomitidaeSalfeld 1921
subfamilyNeocomitinaeSalfeld 1921
genusArgentiniceras

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Argentiniceras mintaqi Howarth 1998
Argentiniceras mutatum Steuer 1897
Invalid names: Andesites [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Tithonian to the top of the Late/Upper Berriasian or 150.80000 to 140.20000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0Argentina (Mendoza) Andesites curvatus (137144)
Early/Lower Tithonian - Hauterivian150.8 - 129.4Chile A. fasciculatum (151669 151675)
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Antarctica A. lonchochense (190850)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Russian Federation A. sp. (2457)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Yemen (Wadi Hajar) A. mintaqi (2626 2627 2629) A. mutatum, A. mintaqi (2628)