Lytoceras cornucopia
{{Short description|Species of mollusc (fossil)}}
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| fossil_range = Jurassic (Upper Lias), {{fossil range|183.0|175.6}}[https://www.fossilworks.org The Paleobiology Database]
| image = Lytoceratidae - Lytoceras cornucopia.jpg
| image_caption = Fossil shells of Lytoceras cornucopia from Isère (France), on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
| genus = Lytoceras
| species = cornucopia
| authority = Young and Bird, 1822
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Lytoceras cornucopia is an ammonite species belonging to the family Lytoceratidae. These cephalopods were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. They lived in the Jurassic period.
Description
Distribution
Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Jurassic rocks of France, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg and United Kingdom.
References
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External links
- [http://www.ammonites.fr/Fiches/0643.htm Ammonites]
- [http://www.whitbymuseum.org.uk/type/grp01/sim082.htm Whitbymuseum]
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