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Lytoceras
Taxonomy
Lytoceras was named by Suess (1865) [Sepkoski's age data: J Sine-u K Ceno-l Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. Its type is Ammonites fimbriatus.
It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Böse (1923); to Lytoceratidae by Avram and Gradinaru (1993); to Ammonoidea by Imlay (1960) and Sepkoski (2002); and to Lytoceratinae by Wright et al. (1996) and Alsen (2006).
It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Böse (1923); to Lytoceratidae by Avram and Gradinaru (1993); to Ammonoidea by Imlay (1960) and Sepkoski (2002); and to Lytoceratinae by Wright et al. (1996) and Alsen (2006).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Sister genera
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Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1865 | Lytoceras Suess |
| 1913 | Trachylytoceras Buckman |
| 1923 | Lobolytoceras Buckman |
| 1923 | Litoceras Böse p. 126 |
| 1960 | Lytoceras Imlay p. 195 |
| 1993 | Lytoceras Avram and Gradinaru p. 671 |
| 1996 | Lytoceras Wright et al. p. 2 |
| 2002 | Lobolytoceras Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2002 | Lytoceras Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2002 | Trachylytoceras Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2006 | Lytoceras Alsen p. 123 |
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