Lewesiceras


Lewesiceras is a genus of large ammonites belonging to the order Ammonitida and the family Pachydiscidae.
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, Uzbekistan.

Species

  • Lewesiceras mantelli Wright and Wright, 1951
  • Lewesiceras peramplum
  • Lewesiceras wiedmanni Wright & Kennedy, 1984