Lewesiceras

Lewesiceras is a genus of large ammonites belonging to the order Ammonitida family Pachydiscidae.

Lewesiceras
Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous
Lewesiceras mantelli, from Czech Republic, at the National Museum (Prague)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Ammonitida
Family:
Pachydiscidae
Genus:
Lewesiceras

Spath, 1939

They lived in the late Cretaceous period, in the Cenomanian and Turonian ages, which occurred 99.6-89.3 million years ago. These shelled ammonoids were nektonic, fast-moving and carnivores.

Fossils distribution

Cretaceous of Armenia, France, Germany, United States (Texas), Uzbekistan.

Species
  • Lewesiceras mantelli Wright and Wright, 1951
  • Lewesiceras peramplum (Mantell, 1822)
  • Lewesiceras wiedmanni Wright & Kennedy, 1984
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