Lytoceras sutile
| Lytoceras sutile Temporal range: Jurassic -Cretaceous | |
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| Fossil of Lytoceras sutile from Jurassic of Italy | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Lytoceratida |
| Family: | Lytoceratidae |
| Genus: | Lytoceras |
| Species: | L. sutile |
| Binomial name | |
| Lytoceras sutile Oppel 1868 | |
Lytoceras sutile is an ammonite species belonging to the family Lytoceratidae. These cephalopods were fast-moving nektonic carnivores.
Fossil record
Fossils of Lytoceras sutile have been found from the Jurassic to the Cretaceous (age range: from 150.8 to 136.4 million years ago). They are known from various localities of Italy, Austria and Czechoslovakia.[1]
References
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