Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphaeroceratidae
Alternative spellings: Eurycephalites (Lilloettia), Lilloetia
Full reference: C.H. Crickmay. 1930. Fossils from Harrison Lake Area, British Columbia. National Museum of Canada, Contributions to Canadian Paleontology 63:33-66
Parent taxon: Eurycephalitinae according to T. P. Poulton and R. L. Hall 2019
See also Arkell et al. 1957, Arthur et al. 1993, Imlay 1953, Parent 1998, Sepkoski 2002 and Westermann 1984
Sister taxa: Araucanites, Eurycephalites, Iniskinites, Stehnocephalites, Veranadaites, Xenocephalites
Subtaxa: Lilloettia boesei Lilloettia buckmani Lilloettia lilloetensis Lilloettia mertonyarwoodi Lilloettia milleri Lilloettia stantoni Lilloettia steinmanni Lilloettia tipperi
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Temaikan of New Zealand (2 collections)
• Jurassic of Argentina (8), Canada (12: British Columbia), Mexico (1), United States (18: Alaska)
Total: 41 collections including 50 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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