| Lytoceras cornucopia | |
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| Fossil shells of Lytoceras cornucopia from Isère (France), on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | † Ammonoidea |
| Order: | † Ammonitida |
| Family: | † Lytoceratidae |
| Genus: | † Lytoceras |
| Species: | †L. cornucopia
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| Binomial name | |
| †Lytoceras cornucopia Young and Bird, 1822
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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
External links
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| Lytoceras cornucopia | |
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| Fossil shells of Lytoceras cornucopia from Isère (France), on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
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Scientific classification
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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). [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
External links
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| This Ammonitida-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |