Lytoceras cornucopia

Lytoceras cornucopia
Temporal range: Jurassic (Upper Lias), 183.0–175.6 Ma
[1]
Fossil shells of Lytoceras cornucopia from Isère (France), on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Lytoceratida
Family: Lytoceratidae
Genus: Lytoceras
Species: L. cornucopia
Binomial name
Lytoceras cornucopia
Young and Bird, 1822

Lytoceras cornucopia is an ammonite species belonging to the family Lytoceratidae. These cephalopods were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. They lived in the Jurassic period.

Description

Shells of Lytoceras cornucopia can reach an average diameter of about 140 millimetres (5.5 in).[1]

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Jurassic rocks of France, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg and United Kingdom.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 The Paleobiology Database


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