Hemihoplitid ammonoids from the Lower Cretaceous of southern Patagonia

Volume / Part: 32 / 2
Publication Date: July 1989
Page(s): 447 - 462
Authored By: A. C. Riccardi and M. B. Aguirre Urreta

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The genus Hemihoplites Spath is locally common in the Hauterivian-Barremian of the Austral Basin, southern Patagonia, Argentina. The taxonomic status of Hemihoplites is discussed, and the new species H. varicostatus and H. ploszkiewiczi are described. Extensive intraspecific variation occurs, and sexual dimorphism is reported for the first time within this genus. This is the first record of the Hemihoplitidae in the Southern Hemisphere.

Palaeontology - Volume 32 Part 2 Pages 447-462

Palaeontology - Volume 32 Part 2 Pages 447-462

Citations

RICCARDI, A. C., URRETA, M. B. 1989. Hemihoplitid ammonoids from the Lower Cretaceous of southern Patagonia. Palaeontology, 32, 2, 447–462.