Lytoceras sutile
Lytoceras sutile Temporal range: Jurassic -Cretaceous | |
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Fossil of Lytoceras sutile from Jurassic of Italy | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Lytoceratida |
Family: | Lytoceratidae |
Genus: | Lytoceras |
Species: | L. sutile |
Binomial name | |
Lytoceras sutile Oppel 1868 | |
Lytoceras sutile is an ammonite species belonging to the family Lytoceratidae. These cephalopods were fast-moving nektonic carnivores.
Fossil record
Fossils of Lytoceras sutile have been found from the Jurassic to the Cretaceous (age range: from 150.8 to 136.4 million years ago). They are known from various localities of Italy, Austria and Czechoslovakia.[1]
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