Lytoceras eudesianum is an ammonite species belonging to the family Lytoceratidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived from the Bajocian age to the Bathonian age of the Middle Jurassic.
Lytoceras eudesianum Temporal range: Middle Jurassic,
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Fossil of Lytoceras eudesianum from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
Order: | †Ammonitida |
Family: | †Lytoceratidae |
Genus: | †Lytoceras |
Species: | †L. eudesianum
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Binomial name | |
†Lytoceras eudesianum (Orbigny, 1845)
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Shells of Lytoceras eudesianum can reach a diameter of 18 centimetres (7.1 in).
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