Lytoceras cornucopia is an ammonite species belonging to the family Lytoceratidae. These cephalopods were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. They lived in the Jurassic period.

Lytoceras cornucopia
Temporal range: Jurassic (Upper Lias), 183.0–175.6 Ma [1]
Fossil shells of Lytoceras cornucopia from Isère (France), on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Lytoceratidae
Genus: Lytoceras
Species:
L. cornucopia
Binomial name
Lytoceras cornucopia
Young and Bird, 1822

Description

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Shells of Lytoceras cornucopia can reach an average diameter of about 140 millimetres (5.5 in).[1]

Distribution

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Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Jurassic rocks of France, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg and United Kingdom.[1]

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