Lytoceras

Lytoceras
Temporal range:
Lytoceras fimbriatum
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: †Ammonoidea
Order: †Ammonitida
Family: †Lytoceratidae
Subfamily: †Lytoceratinae
Genus: †Lytoceras
Suess, 1865
Species
  • Lytoceras aulaeum Anderson, 1938
  • Lytoceras baconicum Vadasz, 1910
  • Lytoceras batesi Whiteaves, 1884
  • Lytoceras belliseptatiforme Collignon, 1962
  • Lytoceras cornucopia Young and Bird, 1822
  • Lytoceras crenatum Buckman, 1926
  • Lytoceras eudesianum (Orbigny, 1845)
  • Lytoceras fimbriatoides Gemmellaro, 1884
  • Lytoceras fimbriatum Sowerby, 1817
  • Lytoceras fraasi Dacqué, 1910
  • Lytoceras francisci Oppel, 1865
  • Lytoceras fuggeri Geyer, 1893
  • Lytoceras furcicrenatum Buckman, 1928
  • Lytoceras juillieti (Orbigny, 1841)
  • Lytoceras ovimontanum Geyer, 1893
  • Lytoceras polycyclum Neumayr, 1873
  • Lytoceras polyanchomenum (Gemellaro, 1872)
  • Lytoceras praesublineatum Fucini, 1899
  • Lytoceras richei Sayn, 1901
  • Lytoceras saturnale Anderson, 1938
  • Lytoceras sepositum Meneghini, 1875
  • Lytoceras subfimbriatoides Hoedemaeker in Hoedemaeker et al., 2016
  • Lytoceras subfimbriatum (Orbigny, 1841)
  • Lytoceras sutile Oppel, 1868
  • Lytoceras trompianum Hauer, 1861
  • Lytoceras villae Meneghini, 1874

Lytoceras is an ammonite genus that was extant during most of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, and is the type genus for the family Lytoceratidae. These cephalopods were fast-moving nektonic carnivores.

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