Lytoceras

Lytoceras Temporal range: Sinemurian–Cenomanian[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Lytoceras fimbriatum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Ammonitida
Family:	†Lytoceratidae
Subfamily:	†Lytoceratinae
Genus:	†Lytoceras Suess, 1865
Species[2]
Lytoceras aulaeum Anderson, 1938 Lytoceras baconicum Vadasz, 1910 Lytoceras batesi Whiteaves, 1884 Lytoceras belliseptatiforme Collignon, 1962 Lytoceras cornucopia Young and Bird, 1822 Lytoceras crenatum Buckman, 1926 Lytoceras eudesianum (Orbigny, 1845) Lytoceras fimbriatoides Gemmellaro, 1884 Lytoceras fimbriatum Sowerby, 1817 Lytoceras fraasi Dacqué, 1910 Lytoceras francisci Oppel, 1865 Lytoceras fuggeri Geyer, 1893 Lytoceras furcicrenatum Buckman, 1928 Lytoceras juillieti (Orbigny, 1841) Lytoceras ovimontanum Geyer, 1893 Lytoceras polycyclum Neumayr, 1873 Lytoceras polyanchomenum (Gemellaro, 1872) Lytoceras praesublineatum Fucini, 1899 Lytoceras richei Sayn, 1901 Lytoceras saturnale Anderson, 1938 Lytoceras sepositum Meneghini, 1875 Lytoceras subfimbriatoides Hoedemaeker in Hoedemaeker et al., 2016 Lytoceras subfimbriatum (Orbigny, 1841) Lytoceras sutile Oppel, 1868 Lytoceras trompianum Hauer, 1861 Lytoceras villae Meneghini, 1874

Lytoceras is an ammonite genus that was extant during most of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, and is the type genus for the family Lytoceratidae. These cephalopods were fast-moving nektonic carnivores.