Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Ammonites lepidus, Lytoceras lepidum
Belongs to Eulytoceras according to F. Cecca et al. 1998
See also Reboulet 1996
Sister taxa: Lytoceras (Argonauticeras), Lytoceras (Derolytoceras), Lytoceras (Saturnoceras), Lytoceras (Trachylytoceras), Lytoceras album, Lytoceras aulaeum, Lytoceras baconicum, Lytoceras batesi, Lytoceras belliseptatiforme, Lytoceras celticum, Lytoceras colusaense, Lytoceras cornucopia, Lytoceras crenatum, Lytoceras elegans, Lytoceras eudesianum, Lytoceras fimbriatoides, Lytoceras fimbriatum, Lytoceras francisci, Lytoceras fuggeri, Lytoceras furcicrenatum, Lytoceras galatiforme, Lytoceras huberti, Lytoceras juilleti, Lytoceras lexeni, Lytoceras liebigi, Lytoceras linneanum, Lytoceras montanum, Lytoceras municipale, Lytoceras orsinii, Lytoceras ovimontanum, Lytoceras perplexum, Lytoceras pictaviense, Lytoceras polycyclum, Lytoceras praesublineatum, Lytoceras rex, Lytoceras rhodanicum, Lytoceras richei, Lytoceras salebrosum, Lytoceras saturnale, Lytoceras schlosseri, Lytoceras secernendum, Lytoceras siemensi, Lytoceras strambergensis, Lytoceras subfimbriatum, Lytoceras subfrancisci, Lytoceras sublineatum, Lytoceras subsequens, Lytoceras sutile, Lytoceras taharoaense, Lytoceras traski, Lytoceras trompianum, Lytoceras villae, Lytoceras vogdti, Metalytoceras triboleti, Thysanolytoceras vicinum, Eulytoceras phestum, Eulytoceras inaequalicostatus, Eulytoceras anisoptychum, Pterolytoceras exoticus, Pterolytoceras magnum, Hemilytoceras immanis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 37.0
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (20 collections), Hungary (6), Italy (3), Poland (1)
Total: 30 collections each including a single occurrence
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