Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Full reference: L. M. Longridge, P. L. Smith, and H. W. Tipper. 2008. Late Hettangian (Early Jurassic) ammonites from Taseko Lakes, British Columbia, Canada. Palaeontology 51:367-404
Belongs to Eolytoceras according to C. Meister et al. 2010
See also Longridge et al. 2008 and Longridge et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Eolytoceras artemisia, Eolytoceras chongi, Eolytoceras guexi, Eolytoceras praecursor, Eolytoceras tasekoi
Type specimen: GSC 128985, a shell. Its type locality is GSC C-208961, Section A 15, 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 81.1, shell diameter 22.1
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Canada (11: British Columbia collections), New Caledonia (1)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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