| Lytoceras fimbriatum Temporal range: Jurassic 189.6–171.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Fossil shells of Lytoceras fimbriatum from United Kingdom, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Family: | †Lytoceratidae |
| Genus: | †Lytoceras |
| Species: | †L. fimbriatum |
| Binomial name | |
| †Lytoceras fimbriatum Sowerby, 1817 | |
Lytoceras fimbriatum is an ammonite species belonging to the family Lytoceratidae. These cephalopods were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. They lived in the Jurassic period.
Description
Shells of Lytoceras cornucopia can reach an average diameter of about 74 millimetres (2.9 in).
Distribution
Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Jurassic rocks of France, Germany, Hungary, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom and United States.
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| Lytoceras fimbriatum | |
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