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Lyelliceratidae
Lyelliceratidae is a family of ammonites belonging to the superfamily Acanthoceratoidea Acanthoceratoidea, formerly Acanthocerataceae, is a superfamily of Upper Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopods belonging to the order Ammonitida, and comprising some 10 or so families.W.J Arkell ''et al''., Mesozoic Ammonoidea; Treatise on Invertebrate .... These cephalopods were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. They lived in the Cretaceous period (109.0 to 94.3 Ma). 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 References Ammonitida families Acanthoceratoidea Cretaceous ammonites Albian first appearances Cenomanian extinctions {{ammonitina-stub ...
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Lyelliceras Lyelli
''Lyelliceras'' is a genus of ammonites belonging to the family Lyelliceratidae. These cephalopods were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. They lived in the Cretaceous period, Albian stage (109.0 to 99.7 Ma).''Lyelliceras''
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Etymology

The genus has been named after geologist
Charles Lyell Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet, (14 November 1797 – 22 February 1875) was a Scottish geologist who demonstrated the power of known natural causes in explaining the earth's history. He is best known as the author of ' ...
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Lyelliceras
''Lyelliceras'' is a genus of ammonites belonging to the family Lyelliceratidae. These cephalopods were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. They lived in the Cretaceous period, Albian stage (109.0 to 99.7 Ma).''Lyelliceras''
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Etymology

The genus has been named after geologist .


Description

Shells of ''Lyelliceras'' species can reach a diameter of about . They are moderately to very evolute. The section of the whorls is slightly compressed or circular, with straight radial ribs.
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Acanthoceratoidea
Acanthoceratoidea, formerly Acanthocerataceae, is a superfamily of Upper Cretaceous ammonoid cephalopods belonging to the order Ammonitida, and comprising some 10 or so families.W.J Arkell ''et al''., Mesozoic Ammonoidea; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Ammonoidea. 1957 Diagnosis Members of the Acanthoceratoidea are typically strongly ribbed and have a tendency to develop prominent tubercles, although other types including those with oxyconic shells are included. Taxonomy Families included in the Acanthoceratoidea are: * Acanthoceratidae * Brancoceratidae * Coilopoceratidae * Collignoniceratidae * Flickiidae * Lyelliceratidae * Sphenodiscidae * Tissotiidae * Vascoceratidae Discussion According to Wright Calloman and Howarth, 1996 in the revised version of Part L of the Treatise, the Binneyitidae is replaced by the Forbesiceratidae with the Binneyitidae now in the Hoplitaceae and the Forbesiceratidae included in the Acanthoceratoidea. The Leymeriellidae Leyme ...
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Cretaceous
The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of the entire Phanerozoic. The name is derived from the Latin ''creta'', "chalk", which is abundant in the latter half of the period. It is usually abbreviated K, for its German translation ''Kreide''. The Cretaceous was a period with a relatively warm climate, resulting in high eustatic sea levels that created numerous shallow inland seas. These oceans and seas were populated with now- extinct marine reptiles, ammonites, and rudists, while dinosaurs continued to dominate on land. The world was ice free, and forests extended to the poles. During this time, new groups of mammals and birds appeared. During the Early Cretaceous, flowering plants appeared and began to rapidly diversify, becoming the dominant group of plants across the Earth b ...
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Cretaceous Ammonites
The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of the entire Phanerozoic. The name is derived from the Latin ''creta'', "chalk", which is abundant in the latter half of the period. It is usually abbreviated K, for its German translation ''Kreide''. The Cretaceous was a period with a relatively warm climate, resulting in high eustatic sea levels that created numerous shallow inland seas. These oceans and seas were populated with now-extinct marine reptiles, ammonites, and rudists, while dinosaurs continued to dominate on land. The world was ice free, and forests extended to the poles. During this time, new groups of mammals and birds appeared. During the Early Cretaceous, flowering plants appeared and began to rapidly diversify, becoming the dominant group of plants across the Earth by the ...
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Ammonitida Families
Ammonitida is an order of Ammonoidea, ammonoid cephalopods that lived from the Jurassic through Paleocene time periods, commonly with intricate ammonitic sutures. Ammonitida is divided into four suborders, the Phylloceratina, Lytoceratina, Ancyloceratina, and Ammonitina. The Phylloceratina is the ancestral stock, derived from the Ceratitida near the end of the Triassic. The Phylloceratina gave rise to the Lytoceratina near the beginning of the Jurassic which in turn gave rise to the highly specialized Ancyloceratina near the end of the Jurassic. Both the Phylloceratina and Lytoceratina gave rise to various stocks combined in the Ammonitina. These four suborders are further divided into different stocks, comprising various families combined into superfamilies. Some like the Hildoceratoidea and Stephanoceratoidea are restricted to the Jurassic. Others like the Hoplitoidea and Acanthoceratoidea are known only from the Cretaceous. Still others like the Perisphinctoidea are found ...
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Zuluscaphites
''Zuluscaphites'' is an extinct genus of cephalopod belonging to the Ammonite Ammonoids are a group of extinct marine mollusc animals in the subclass Ammonoidea of the class Cephalopoda. These molluscs, commonly referred to as ammonites, are more closely related to living coleoids (i.e., octopuses, squid and cuttlefish) ... subclass. References Ammonitida genera Acanthoceratoidea {{Ammonitina-stub ...
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