''Lamberticeras'' is an extinct
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) ...
genus belonging to the family
Cardioceratidae
Cardioceratidae is an extinct ammonite family belonging to the superfamily Stephanoceratoidea. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Middle-Late Jurassic
The Late Jurassic is the third epoch of the Jurassic Period, and it span ...
.
These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the
Jurassic
The Jurassic ( ) is a Geological period, geologic period and System (stratigraphy), stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately Mya. The J ...
period, in the upper
Callovian
In the geologic timescale, the Callovian is an age and stage in the Middle Jurassic, lasting between 166.1 ± 4.0 Ma (million years ago) and 163.5 ± 4.0 Ma. It is the last stage of the Middle Jurassic, following the Bathonian and preceding the ...
age.
References
Jurassic ammonites
Ammonitida genera
Stephanoceratoidea
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