Lytoceras batesi
Lytoceras batesi is an ammonite species belonging to the family Lytoceratidae. These cephalopods were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. They lived in the Cretaceous period.
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| Fossil shells of Lytoceras batesi from Shasta County, California, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
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| Species: | L. batesi |
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| Lytoceras batesi Whiteaves, 1884 | |
References
- Discover Yale Digital Content
- YPM Invertebrate Paleontology - Online Catalog
- Timothy William Stanton Contributions to the Cretaceous Paleontology of the Pacific Coast, pg. 75
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