Lytoceras cornucopia

Lytoceras cornucopia is an ammonite species belonging to the family Lytoceratidae. These cephalopods were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. They lived in the Jurassic period.

Lytoceras cornucopia
Temporal range: Jurassic (Upper Lias), 183.0–175.6 Ma [1]
Fossil shells of Lytoceras cornucopia from Isère (France), on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
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L. cornucopia
Binomial name
Lytoceras cornucopia
Young and Bird, 1822

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]

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