Lytoceras batesi
| Lytoceras batesi Temporal range: Cretaceous | |
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| Fossil shells of Lytoceras batesi from Shasta County, California, 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. batesi |
| Binomial name | |
| Lytoceras batesi Trask | |
Lytoceras batesi is an ammonite species belonging to the family Lytoceratidae. These cephalopods were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. They lived in the Cretaceous period.
References
- Discover Yale Digital Content
- YPM Invertebrate Paleontology - Online Catalog
- Timothy William Stanton Contributions to the Cretaceous Paleontology of the Pacific Coast, pg. 75
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