Lytoceras eudesianum

Lytoceras eudesianum; Temporal range: Middle Jurassic, 170–164 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Fossil of Lytoceras eudesianum from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Lytoceratida
Family:	Lytoceratidae
Genus:	Lytoceras
Species:	L. eudesianum
Binomial name
	Lytoceras eudesianum; (Orbigny, 1845)

Lytoceras eudesianum is an ammonite species belonging to the family Lytoceratidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived from the Bajocian age to the Bathonian age of the Middle Jurassic.

Shells of Lytoceras eudesianum can reach a diameter of 18 centimetres (7.1 in).

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