Eulytoceras

Eulytoceras Temporal range: Cretaceous, 130.0–99.7 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil shells of Eulytoceras phestum from Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Ammonitida
Family:	†Lytoceratidae
Subfamily:	†Lytoceratinae
Genus:	†Eulytoceras Spath, 1927

Eulytoceras is an extinct genus of ammonoid cephalopods belonging to the family Lytoceratidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Cretaceous period, from Hauterivian age to Barremian age.

Species

• Eulytoceras anisoptychum Uhlig, 1883
• Eulytoceras inaequalicostatus d'Orbigny, 1840
• Eulytoceras phestum Matheron, 1878

Description

Shells of Eulytoceras species reach a diameter of about 72–140 millimetres (2.8–5.5 in).

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous rocks of Antarctica, Austria, Canada, Italy, Madagascar, South Africa and Spain.

References

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