Lyelliceratidae
Lyelliceratidae is a family of ammonites belonging to the superfamily Acanthoceratoidea.
| Lyelliceratidae | |
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| Fossil of Lyelliceras lyelli | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Superfamily: | †Acanthoceratoidea |
| Family: | †Lyelliceratidae Spath, 1921 |
These cephalopods were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. They lived in the Cretaceous period (109.0 to 94.3 Ma).[1]
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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