Biology:Lytoceras batesi

Short description: Species of mollusc (fossil)

Lytoceras batesi Temporal range: Cretaceous PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil shells of Lytoceras batesi from Shasta County, California, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Ammonitida
Family:	†Lytoceratidae
Genus:	†Lytoceras
Species:	†L. batesi
Binomial name
†Lytoceras batesi Whiteaves, 1884

Lytoceras batesi is an ammonite species belonging to the family Lytoceratidae. These cephalopods were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. They lived in the Cretaceous period.

References

• Discover Yale Digital Content
• YPM Invertebrate Paleontology - Online Catalog
• Timothy William Stanton Contributions to the Cretaceous Paleontology of the Pacific Coast, pg. 75

Wikidata ☰ Q18350949 entry