Diamanticeras is an extinct genus of Cretaceous-aged ammonite cephalopod belonging to the family Crioceratitidae. It is probably phyletically linked to genus Crioceratites.[2] Their fossils were found in Chile and Argentina.[1][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Suborder: | †Ancyloceratina |
| Family: | †Crioceratitidae |
| Genus: | †Diamanticeras Jean Vermeulen, 2004 |
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| Neohoplites diamantensis Gerth, 1925
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Description edit
This genus is a lineage of non-tuberculate species that is characteristic by its rewinded shells. Primary ribs are rounded, wide, sometimes bifurcating. They are crossing the venter without interruption and can be paired. Secondary ribs are more or less vigorous, weakened or erased at venter and they are also usually simple.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b AGUIRRE-URRETA, M. Beatriz et al., 2007. The Lower Cretaceous Chañarcillo and Neuquén Andean basins: ammonoid biostratigraphy and correlations. Geological Journal, 42.2: 143.
- ^ a b VERMEULEN, Jean. Vers une nouvelle classification afondement phylogénétique des ammonites hétéromorphes du Crétacé inférieur méditerranéen. Le cas des Crioceratitidae GILL, 1871, 69-92.
- ^ MOURGUES, Francisco Amaro. Advances in ammonite biostratigraphy of the marine Atacama basin (Lower Cretaceous), northern Chile, and its relationship with the Neuquén basin, Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 2004, 17.1: 3-10.
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