Quitmaniceras is a genus of small, compressed, fairly evolute ammonites from the lower Turonian of Grant County, New Mexico and Trans-Pecos Texas, included in the subfamily Acanthoceratinae. The shell has a carinate venter in juveniles and one that is arched in adults, usually with a raised siphonal line,(siphonal referring to the marginal siphuncle). Ribs are very weak to moderately strong, flexious, typically sloping forward toward the rim, bending further forward at the outer shoulder.

Quitmaniceras
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (early Turonian)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Acanthoceratidae
Subfamily: Acanthoceratinae
Genus: Quitmaniceras
Powell, 1963
Species
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Distribution

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Fossils of Quitmaniceras have been found in Colombia (Loma Gorda Formation, Aipe, Huila),[1] Mexico and the United States (Arizona and Texas).[2]

References

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  1. ^ Patarroyo, 2011, p.69
  2. ^ Quitmaniceras at Fossilworks.org

Bibliography

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  • Patarroyo, Pedro (2011), "Sucesión de Amonitas del Cretácico Superior (Cenomaniano-Coniaciano) de la parte más alta de la Formación Hondita y de la Formación Loma Gorda en la Quebrada Bambucá, Aipe - Huila (Colombia)" (PDF), Boletín de Geología, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 33: 69–92, retrieved 2017-03-30

Further reading

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  • W.A. Cobban, S.C. Hook & W.J.Kennedy, 1989. Upper Cretaceous rocks and ammonite faunas of southwestern New Mexico, Memoir 45, New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources