Lithacoceras ulmensis Oppel 1858 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae

Alternative combinations: Ammonites ulmensis, Lithacoceras (Lithacoceras) ulmensis

Full reference: A. Oppel. 1858. Die Juraformation Englands, Frankreichs und des südwestlichen Deutschlands. (Schluss vom XIII. Jahrgang) . Jahreshefte des Vereins für vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg 14:129--291

Belongs to Lithacoceras according to A. Oppel 1858

See also Howarth 1998

Sister taxa: Lithacoceras (Lithacoceras), Lithacoceras (Progeronia), Lithacoceras (Subplanites), Lithacoceras (Virgalithacoceras), Lithacoceras malarguense, Lithacoceras mombassanum, Lithacoceras sigali, Lithacoceras soucadeauxi

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Crayssac quarries (Jurassic of France)

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