Lytoceras fimbriatum is an ammonite species belonging to the family Lytoceratidae. These cephalopods were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. They lived in the Jurassic period.
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| Fossil shells of Lytoceras fimbriatum from United Kingdom, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Family: | †Lytoceratidae |
| Genus: | †Lytoceras |
| Species: | †L. fimbriatum
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| Binomial name | |
| †Lytoceras fimbriatum Sowerby, 1817
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Description
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Shells of Lytoceras cornucopia can reach an average diameter of about 74 millimetres (2.9 in).[1]
Distribution
editFossils 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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