Lewesiceras is a genus of large ammonites belonging to the order Ammonitida and the family Pachydiscidae.

Lewesiceras
Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous
Lewesiceras mantelli, from Czech Republic, at the National Museum (Prague)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Pachydiscidae
Genus: Lewesiceras
Spath, 1939

They lived in the late Cretaceous period, in the Cenomanian and Turonian ages, which occurred 99.6-89.3 million years ago. These shelled ammonoids were nektonic, fast-moving and carnivorous.

Fossils distribution

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Cretaceous of Armenia, France, Germany, United States (Texas), Uzbekistan.

Species

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  • Lewesiceras mantelli Wright and Wright, 1951
  • Lewesiceras peramplum (Mantell, 1822)
  • Lewesiceras wiedmanni Wright & Kennedy, 1984
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