Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Synonym: Cosmolytoceras Spath 1924 [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Ectocentritinae according to R. Hoffmann 2010
See also Blau et al. 2008, Geczy and Meister 2007, Hoffmann 2015, Meister and Friebe 2003, Sepkoski 2002 and Wiedmann 1970
Sister taxa: Adnethiceras, Baltzerites, Exomiloceras, Galaticeras, Holcolytoceras, Kericserites, Lytoconites, Lytotropites, Peltolytoceras
Subtaxa: Ammonites altecinctus Ectocentrites altiformis Ectocentrites alutae Ectocentrites canavarii Ectocentrites hillebrandti Ectocentrites italicus Ectocentrites pacificus Ectocentrites thibaudi
Type: Ammonites petersi
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Austria (2 collections), Canada (11: British Columbia, Yukon), Hungary (7), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), Mexico (5), New Caledonia (6), Romania (1), Slovakia (1)
• Triassic to Jurassic of Austria (1)
Total: 36 collections including 41 occurrences
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