†subfamily Megalytoceratinae Spath 1927 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae

Parent taxon: Lytoceratidae according to J. T. Whicher et al. 2023

See also Galácz and Kassai 2012 and Hoffmann 2010

Sister taxa: Alocolytoceratinae, Analytoceratinae, Ectocentritinae, Hemilytoceratinae, Lytoceratinae, Neocyrtochilus, Pleuroacanthinae, Pleuroacanthitinae, Takahashiceras, Tragolytoceras

Subtaxa: Megalytoceras Nannolytoceras Perilytoceras

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Type: Megalytoceras

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Egypt (1 collection), France (4), Hungary (4), Italy (3), Kenya (2), Morocco (1), Poland (2), Spain (3), Tunisia (1), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (16)

Total: 40 collections including 54 occurrences

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