Lytoceras cornucopia

Lytoceras cornucopia
Temporal range: Jurassic (Upper Lias), 183.0–175.6 Ma
Fossil shells of Lytoceras cornucopia from Isère (France), on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: †Ammonoidea
Order: †Ammonitida
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).

Distribution

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

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