Eolytoceras praecursor Guex 1995 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae

Full reference: J. Guex. 1995. Ammonites hettangiennes de la Gabbs Valley Range (Nevada, USA). Mémoires de Géologie (Lausanne) 27:1-131

Belongs to Eolytoceras according to L. M. Longridge et al. 2008

See also Guex 1995

Sister taxa: Eolytoceras artemisia, Eolytoceras chongi, Eolytoceras constrictum, Eolytoceras guexi, Eolytoceras tasekoi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Reno Draw, level Z-69, which is in a Liasicus marine limestone in the Sunrise Formation of Nevada

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): diameter 41.7

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Canada (5: British Columbia collections), United States (1: Nevada)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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