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

Shells of Lytoceras cornucopia can reach an average diameter of about {{convert|140|mm}}.

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Jurassic rocks of France, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg and United Kingdom.

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