Shells of Eulytoceras species reach a diameter of about 72–140 millimetres (2.8–5.5 in).[3][4]
Distributionedit
Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous rocks of Antarctica, Austria, Canada, Italy, Madagascar, South Africa and Spain.[1]
eulytoceras, extinct, genus, ammonoid, cephalopods, belonging, family, lytoceratidae, these, fast, moving, nektonic, carnivores, lived, cretaceous, period, from, hauterivian, barremian, temporal, range, cretaceous, preꞒ, fossil, shells, phestum, from, alpes, h. Eulytoceras is an extinct genus of ammonoid cephalopods belonging to the family Lytoceratidae These fast moving nektonic carnivores 1 lived in the Cretaceous period from Hauterivian age to Barremian age 2 EulytocerasTemporal range Cretaceous 130 0 99 7 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N 1 Fossil shells of Eulytoceras phestum from Alpes de Haute Provence on display at Galerie de paleontologie et d anatomie comparee in ParisScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum MolluscaClass CephalopodaSubclass AmmonoideaOrder AmmonitidaFamily LytoceratidaeSubfamily LytoceratinaeGenus EulytocerasSpath 1927 Contents 1 Species 2 Description 3 Distribution 4 ReferencesSpecies edit 1 Eulytoceras anisoptychum Uhlig 1883 Eulytoceras inaequalicostatus d Orbigny 1840 Eulytoceras phestum Matheron 1878Description editShells of Eulytoceras species reach a diameter of about 72 140 millimetres 2 8 5 5 in 3 4 Distribution editFossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous rocks of Antarctica Austria Canada Italy Madagascar South Africa and Spain 1 References edit a b c d The Paleobiology Database Sepkoski Jack Sepkoski s Online Genus Database Cephalopoda Eulytoceras jsdammonites nbsp This Ammonitida related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Eulytoceras amp oldid 1060821774, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
