Karakaschiceras neumayri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Perisphinctoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Cephalopoda Subclassis: †Ammonoidea Ordo: †Ammonitida Subordo: †Ammonitina Superfamilia: †Perisphinctoidea

Familia: † Neocomitidae
Subfamilia: †Neocomitinae
Genus: † Karakaschiceras
Species: † Karakaschiceras neumayri

Name

Karakaschiceras neumayri (Behrendsen, 1892) - comb. Aguirre-Urreta 1998

Type locality: Early Cretaceous (mid-Valanginian); lower Agrio Formation, Arroyo Truquico, Neuquen basin, Argentina

Lectotype: Geologisch-Palaontologisches Institut, Georg-August Universitat, Göttingen, Germany GPIG498-26

Synonyms

• Hoplites neumayri Behrendsen, 1892
• Leopoldia trivialis Leanza & Giovine, 1949
• Leopoldia incondia Leanza & Giovine, 1949

References

• Leanza, A.F. & Giovine, A. 1949. Leopoldias nuevas en el Supravalanginiano de Neuquén. Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina 4: 255–262. Reference page. 
• Aguirre-Urreta, M.B. 1998. The ammonites Karakaschiceras and Neohoploceras (Valanginian Neocomitidae) from the Neuquen Basin, West-Central Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 72(1): 39–59. DOI: 10.1017/S002233600002401X. JSTOR Reference page.