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

Lytoceras fimbriatum
Temporal range: Jurassic 189.6–171.6 Ma [1]
Fossil shells of Lytoceras fimbriatum from United Kingdom, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Lytoceratidae
Genus: Lytoceras
Species:
L. fimbriatum
Binomial name
Lytoceras fimbriatum
Sowerby, 1817

Description

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Life restoration

Shells of Lytoceras cornucopia can reach an average diameter of about 74 millimetres (2.9 in).[1]

Distribution

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Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Jurassic rocks of France, Germany, Hungary, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom and United States.[1]

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