Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Alternative spellings: Ammonites (Lytoceras), Litoceras
Synonyms: Biasaloceras Drushchits 1953, Crenilytoceras Buckman 1926, Dinolytoceras Besnossov 1958, Eulytoceras Spath 1927, Hemilytoceras Spath 1927, Kallilytoceras Buckman 1921, Lytoceras (Kallilytoceras) Buckman 1921, Metalytoceras Spath 1927, Orcholytoceras Buckman 1926, Pterolytoceras Spath 1927, Saturnoceras Anderson 1938, Thysanoceras Hyatt 1867, Thysanolytoceras Buckman 1905, Valentolytoceras Besnossov 1958
Parent taxon: Lytoceratinae according to J. T. Whicher et al. 2023
See also Alsen 2006, Arkadiev et al. 2000, Avram and Gradinaru 1993, Blau 1998, Böse 1923, Bourillot et al. 2008, Collignon 1962, Förster 1975, Förster and Weier 1983, Galácz and Kassai 2012, Grigore 2013, Hillebrandt 2006, Hoffmann 2010, Hoffmann 2015, Imlay 1960, Imlay and Jones 1970, Jeannet 1951, Landra et al. 2000, Lukeneder 2004, Meister and Friebe 2003, Murphy 1975, Rakús and Guex 2002, Reboulet 1996, Sepkoski 2002, Stanton 1895, Szives 2007, Westermann 1969, Wiedmann 1970, Wright et al. 1996 and Zeiss et al. 1994
Sister taxa: Ammonoceratites, Carinolytoceras, Lobolytoceras, Ptycholytoceras, Zaghouanites
Subtaxa: Eulytoceras anisoptychum Eulytoceras inaequalicostatus Eulytoceras lepidum Eulytoceras phestum Hemilytoceras immanis Lytoceras (Argonauticeras) Lytoceras (Derolytoceras) Lytoceras (Saturnoceras) Lytoceras (Trachylytoceras) Lytoceras album Lytoceras aulaeum Lytoceras baconicum Lytoceras batesi Lytoceras belliseptatiforme Lytoceras celticum Lytoceras colusaense Lytoceras cornucopia Lytoceras crenatum Lytoceras elegans Lytoceras eudesianum Lytoceras fimbriatoides Lytoceras fimbriatum Lytoceras francisci Lytoceras fuggeri Lytoceras furcicrenatum Lytoceras galatiforme Lytoceras huberti Lytoceras juilleti Lytoceras lexeni Lytoceras liebigi Lytoceras linneanum Lytoceras montanum Lytoceras municipale Lytoceras orsinii Lytoceras ovimontanum Lytoceras perplexum Lytoceras pictaviense Lytoceras polycyclum Lytoceras praesublineatum Lytoceras rex Lytoceras rhodanicum Lytoceras richei Lytoceras salebrosum Lytoceras saturnale Lytoceras schlosseri Lytoceras secernendum Lytoceras siemensi Lytoceras strambergensis Lytoceras subfimbriatum Lytoceras subfrancisci Lytoceras sublineatum Lytoceras subsequens Lytoceras sutile Lytoceras taharoaense Lytoceras traski Lytoceras trompianum Lytoceras villae Lytoceras vogdti Metalytoceras triboleti Pterolytoceras exoticus Pterolytoceras magnum Thysanolytoceras vicinum
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (8 collections), Austria (21), Canada (3: British Columbia), Colombia (1), the Czech Republic (3), Egypt (3), France (206), Greenland (19), Hungary (25), Italy (14), Madagascar (6), Mexico (1), Morocco (4), Mozambique (1), Poland (3), Portugal (3), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (2), Slovakia (3), South Africa (3), Spain (39), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Tanzania (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Tunisia (25), Ukraine (1), United States (45: Alaska, California, North Carolina, Oregon)
• Heterian of New Zealand (7)
• Temaikan of New Zealand (2)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Chile (1)
• Jurassic of Austria (27), Canada (9: British Columbia), Chile (8), China (2), Egypt (1), France (182), Germany (12), Greenland (1), Hungary (194), India (3), Indonesia (1), Iran (1), Italy (51), Japan (14), Kenya (2), Luxembourg (4), Madagascar (21), Mexico (1), Morocco (47), Nepal (1), New Zealand (7), Portugal (1), Romania (14), the Russian Federation (1), Slovakia (4), Spain (6), Switzerland (5), Tunisia (11), Turkey (12), Ukraine (5), the United Kingdom (25), United States (19: Alaska, California)
Total: 1146 collections including 1334 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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