Lewesiceras
Genus of molluscs (fossil)
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Lewesiceras is a genus of large ammonites belonging to the order Ammonitida and the family Pachydiscidae.
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| Lewesiceras mantelli, from Czech Republic, at the National Museum (Prague) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Family: | †Pachydiscidae |
| Genus: | †Lewesiceras Spath, 1939 |
They lived in the late Cretaceous period, in the Cenomanian and Turonian ages, which occurred 99.6-89.3 million years ago. These shelled ammonoids were nektonic, fast-moving and carnivorous.
Fossils distribution
Cretaceous of Armenia, France, Germany, United States (Texas), Uzbekistan.
Species
- Lewesiceras mantelli Wright and Wright, 1951
- Lewesiceras peramplum (Mantell, 1822)
- Lewesiceras wiedmanni Wright & Kennedy, 1984
Gallery
Lewesiceras peramplum, upper cretaceous, middle Turonian, Dortmund / NW-Germany 
Lewesiceras cornicostatus, from Czech Republic, at the National Museum (Prague)
Lewesiceras sharpei, from Czech Republic, at the National Museum (Prague)
References
- Biolib
- The Paleobiology Database Archived 2007-10-01 at the Wayback Machine
- Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopods
- Ammonitida
- Wittler, F. A. & Roth, R. (2003): Fazies und Fauna der Oberkreidegesteine im Dortmunder Stadtgebiet. I: Temporäre Aufschlüsse imTuron und Unterconiac zwischen 1988 und 2001. Stratigraphie, Fossilführung.- Dortm. Beiträge Landeskde., naturwiss. Mitt. 36/37: 241-340 (Dortmunder-Beitr-Landeskde_36-37_0247-0340.pdf), Abb. 6 ff.
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