Curacoites
Extinct genus of ammonites
| Curacoites Temporal range: Barremian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Genus: | Curacoites Aguirre-Urreta & Rawson, 2012 |
Curacoites is a genus of ammonites which existed during the early Barremian of what is now Argentina. It was described by Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta and Peter F. Rawson in 2012, and the type species is C. rotundus.[1]
References
- ^ Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta and Peter F. Rawson (2012). "Lower Cretaceous ammonites from the Neuquén Basin, Argentina: A new heteromorph fauna from the uppermost Agrio Formation". Cretaceous Research. 35: 208–216. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2012.01.001. hdl:11336/68453.
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