ammonites
†family Lyelliceratidae Spath 1921 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida

Full reference: L. F. Spath. 1921. On Cretaceous Cephalopoda from Zululand. Annals of the South African Museum 12:217-321

Parent taxon: Acanthoceratoidea according to E. Robert et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Acanthoceratidae, Brancoceratidae, Coilopoceratidae, Collignoniceratidae, Flickiidae, Forbesiceratidae, Leymeriellidae, Libycoceratidae, Prolyelliceratidae, Pseudotissotiidae, Sphenodiscidae, Vascoceratidae

Subtaxa: Lyelliceratinae, Stoliczkaiinae

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore