Biology:Lithacoceras

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Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Lithacoceras
Temporal range: Oxfordian–Tithonian[1]
Ataxioceratidae - Lithacoceras achilles.JPG
Fossil of Lithacoceras achilles from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Ataxioceratidae
Genus: Lithacoceras
Hyatt, 1900
Species [2]
  • Lithacoceras malarguense Spath, 1931
  • Lithacoceras picunleufuense Parent et al., 2011

Lithacoceras is an extinct ammonite cephalopod genus included in the superfamily Perisphinctoidea. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Jurassic period, from the Oxfordian age to the Tithonian age.[1]

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Jurassic sediments of Antarctica, Argentina, Canada, Cuba, France, Germany, Madagascar, Somalia, Spain, United States and Yemen.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q18349851 entry