Lytoceras (Argonauticeras) argonautarum (Anderson, 1902)

Remarks

• Collector:    Unknown

• Formation:  Unknown (Aptian rocks)

• Location:     Madagascar

General Info

Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature)

• 1902 Lytoceras argonautarum Anderson

• 1937 Lytoceras (Argonauticeras) argonautarum (Anderson); Anderson

Stratigraphic Occurrence

• Middle Albian rocks of northwestern Madagascar
• Horsetown Group of northern California

Age

• Lytoceras (Argonauticeras) argonautarum (Anderson) occurs in the Middle Aptian Stage (~115 mya).

Geographic Occurrence (not an all-inclusive list)

• Shasta County, CA
• Northwestern Madagascar

Remarks

         For identification and descriptions, see:

• Anderson, F. M.  1938.  Lower Cretaceous Deposits in California and Oregon.  Geological Society of America Special Paper 16, 149; plate 17, fig 3 and plate 19 figs 1 and 2.