Eulytoceras

{{Short description|Genus of molluscs (fossil)}}

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|fossil_range = Cretaceous, {{fossil range|130.0|99.7}}[https://www.fossilworks.org The Paleobiology Database]

|image = Lytoceratidae - Eulytoceras phestum.JPG

|image_caption = Fossil shells of Eulytoceras phestum from Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris

|taxon = Eulytoceras

|authority = Spath, 1927

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Eulytoceras is an extinct genus of ammonoid cephalopods belonging to the family Lytoceratidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Cretaceous period, from Hauterivian age to Barremian age.Sepkoski, Jack [http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=231&rank=class Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda]

Species

  • Eulytoceras anisoptychum Uhlig, 1883
  • Eulytoceras inaequalicostatus d'Orbigny, 1840
  • Eulytoceras phestum Matheron, 1878

Description

Shells of Eulytoceras species reach a diameter of about {{convert|72|-|140|mm}}.[http://crioceratites.free.fr/barremien_68.htm Eulytoceras][http://jsdammonites.fr/1142.html jsdammonites]

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous rocks of Antarctica, Austria, Canada, Italy, Madagascar, South Africa and Spain.

References