Lytoceras sutile is an ammonite species belonging to the family Lytoceratidae. These cephalopods were fast-moving nektonic carnivores.
Lytoceras sutile Temporal range:
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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
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Binomial name | |
†Lytoceras sutile Oppel, 1868
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Fossil record
editFossils 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.[1]
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