Perilytoceras belmontense Rulleau 1997 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae

Full reference: L. Rulleau. 1997. Perilytoceras nov. gen. (Lytoceratina), from the Upper Toarcian of the NW European realm. Geobios 30:451-461

Belongs to Perilytoceras according to L. Rulleau 1997

Sister taxa: Perilytoceras denckmanni, Perilytoceras jurense, Perilytoceras perlaevis

Type specimen: FSL 169318. Its type locality is Lafarge quarry, Belmont (Dispansum zone), which is in a Toarcian carbonate limestone in France.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lafarge quarry, Belmont (Dispansum zone)

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