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Lobolytoceras

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Cephalopoda

Family
  
Lytoceratidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Order
  
Lytoceratida

Subfamily
  
Alocolytoceratinae

Similar
  
Grammoceras, Harpoceras, Hildoceras, Cleoniceras, Dactylioceras

Lobolytocerasa Lytoceratid genus included in the Alocolytoceratinae in which only the inner whorls have large swollen ribs, later whorls have wrinkled growth lines which coarsen somewhat, near the aperture. The genus is known from the Lower Jurassic Toarcian of Europe. The type species L. siemensi (Denck) came from the Upper Toarcian of Germany.

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Lobolytoceras Wikipedia