Lyelliceras Spath 1921 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lyelliceratidae

Parent taxon: Lyelliceratinae according to W. J. Kennedy and H. C. Klinger 2008

See also Benavides-Caceres 1956, Sepkoski 2002 and Spath 1930

Sister taxa: Pseudobrancoceras, Tegoceras

Subtaxa: Lyelliceras escragnollensis Lyelliceras latili Lyelliceras lyelli Lyelliceras pseudolyelli Lyelliceras vaasti

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Type: Ammonites lyelli

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Colombia (7 collections), France (21), Madagascar (1), Mexico (1), Pakistan (1), Peru (1), South Africa (3), the United Kingdom (3), United States (1: Oregon), Venezuela (3)

Total: 42 collections including 48 occurrences

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