Eulytoceras
| Eulytoceras Temporal range: Cretaceous, 130.0–99.7 Ma | |
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| 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 |
| Suborder: | Lytoceratina |
| 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 [1] lived in the Cretaceous period, from Hauterivian age to Barremian age.[2]
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).[3][4]
Distribution
Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous rocks of Antarctica, Austria, Canada, Italy, Madagascar, South Africa and Spain.[1]
References
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