Biology:Lytoceras sutile

Short description: Species of mollusc (fossil)

Lytoceras sutile Temporal range: Jurassic -Cretaceous PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil of Lytoceras sutile from Jurassic of Italy
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Ammonitida
Family:	†Lytoceratidae
Genus:	†Lytoceras
Species:	†L. sutile
Binomial name
†Lytoceras sutile Oppel, 1868

Lytoceras sutile is an ammonite species belonging to the family Lytoceratidae. These cephalopods were fast-moving nektonic carnivores.

Fossil record

Fossils of Lytoceras sutile have been found from the Jurassic to the Cretaceous (age range: from 150.8 to 136.4 million years ago). They are known from various localities of Italy, Austria and Czechoslovakia.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q23869042 entry