Lyelliceratidae

Updated on Dec 25, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Cephalopoda Order Ammonitida Rank Family		Phylum Mollusca Subclass Ammonoidea Superfamily Acanthoceratoidea

Similar Hoplitidae, Acanthoceratoidea, Desmoceratidae, Lyelliceras, Pulchelliidae

Lyelliceratidae is a family of ammonites belonging to the family Gaudryceratidae.

These cephalopods were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. They lived in the Cretaceous period (109.0 to 94.3 Ma).

Genera

Lyelliceras Spath 1921

Pseudobrancoceras Kennedy 2004

Tegoceras Hyatt 1903

Budaiceras Böse 1928

Cenisella Delamette and Latil 1989

Neophlycticeras Spath 1922

Ojinagiceras Cobban and Kennedy 1989

Paracalycoceras

Stoliczkaia Neumayr 1875

Zuluscaphites Van Hoepen 1955

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