Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Full reference: H. Frebold. 1967. Hettangian ammonite faunas of the Taseko Lakes area British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 158:1-35
Belongs to Eolytoceras according to C. Meister et al. 2010
See also Longridge et al. 2008, Longridge et al. 2008, Taylor 2000 and Wiedmann 1970
Sister taxa: Eolytoceras artemisia, Eolytoceras chongi, Eolytoceras constrictum, Eolytoceras guexi, Eolytoceras praecursor
Type specimen: GSC 20059, a shell. Its type locality is GSC 62499, Section A 08, Castle Pass, which is in an Angulata marine siltstone in the Last Creek Formation of Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): diameter 49.9, shell diameter 25.3
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Canada (17: British Columbia collections), New Caledonia (1), United States (9: Alaska, Nevada)
Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence
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