Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Full reference: D. G. Taylor. 1998. Late Hettangian-early Sinemurian (Jurassic) ammonite biochronology of the western Cordillera, United States. Geobios 31:467-497
Belongs to Eolytoceras according to L. M. Longridge et al. 2008
See also Taylor 1998
Sister taxa: Eolytoceras artemisia, Eolytoceras chongi, Eolytoceras constrictum, Eolytoceras praecursor, Eolytoceras tasekoi
Type specimen: NWMNH 25021, a shell. Its type locality is First Canyon, Shoshone Mountains (Canadensis zone), which is in an Angulata marine limestone in the Sunrise Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 19.3
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Canada (3: British Columbia collections), United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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