Lewesiceras

Lewesiceras; Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Lewesiceras mantelli, from Czech Republic, at the National Museum (Prague)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Ammonoidea
Order:	Ammonitida
Family:	Pachydiscidae
Genus:	Lewesiceras; Spath, 1939

Lewesiceras is a genus of large ammonites belonging to the order Ammonitida family Pachydiscidae.

They lived in the late Cretaceous period, in the Cenomanian and Turonian ages, which occurred 99.6-89.3 million years ago. These shelled ammonoids were nektonic, fast-moving and carnivores.

Fossils distribution

Cretaceous of Armenia, France, Germany, United States (Texas), Uzbekistan.

Species

Lewesiceras mantelli Wright and Wright, 1951
Lewesiceras peramplum (Mantell, 1822)
Lewesiceras wiedmanni Wright & Kennedy, 1984

Gallery

Lewesiceras peramplum, a pachydiscid ammonite from Upper Turonian of Poland
Lewesiceras cornicostatus, from Czech Republic, at the National Museum (Prague)
Lewesiceras sharpei, from Czech Republic, at the National Museum (Prague)

References

Biolib
The Paleobiology Database
Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopods
Ammonitida

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