Lewyites (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae

Parent taxon: Diplomoceratinae according to B. Niebuhr et al. 2016

See also Kennedy 1995, Kennedy 2000, Kennedy and Cobban 1993, Kennedy et al. 2000 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Chesapeakiceras, Diplomoceras, Glyptoxoceras, Neancyloceras, Neocrioceras, Neoglyptoxoceras, Scalarites

Subtaxa: Lewyites ambindense Lewyites circularis Lewyites elegans Lewyites oronensis

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Type: Idiohamites oronensis

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Austria (1 collection), France (4), Germany (2), Iran (14), Iraq (2), Oman (3), Ukraine (1), United States (13: Arkansas, Colorado, New Jersey, Texas)

Total: 40 collections including 41 occurrences

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