Biology:Hemilytoceras
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Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Family: | †Lytoceratidae |
| Subfamily: | †Lytoceratinae |
| Genus: | †Hemilytoceras Spath, 1927 |
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Hemilytoceras is a lytoceratin ammonite genus with round inner whorls, outer whorls becoming depressed and in some developing high lamellae (ribs) that bend forward over the venter. The type species H. immanae came from the Tithonian of Europe. The genus is known from the overall Upper Jurassic of central and southern Europe, North Africa, and western India.
References
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Cephalopoda entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2008-05-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20080507014300/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=231&rank=class. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
- W.J.Arkell et al., 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L. Geological Society of America and Univ Kansas press.
Wikidata ☰ Q16948652 entry
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