Argonauticeras is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus that lived during the latter part of the Early Cretaceous, included in the Lytoceratida and found in lower and possibly middle Aptian marine sediments. It has been thought of as a subgenus of Ammonoceratites.
| Argonauticeras Temporal range:
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| Argonauticeras from Madagascar | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Family: | †Lytoceratidae |
| Subfamily: | †Lytoceratinae |
| Genus: | †Argonauticeras Anderson, 1938 |
Argonauticeras produced an evolute shell with a trapezoidal whorl section, slightly impressed inner rim (or dorsum), a somewhat flattened outer rim (venter) and broadly arched sides, covered with fine, weakly crinkled ribs.
References
edit- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- W.J Arkell et al., 1957. Systematic Descriptions, Mesozoic Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L Ammonoidea.
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