| Lyelliceras Temporal range: Cretaceous |
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|---|---|
| Fossil of Lyelliceras lyelli | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Ammonitida |
| Superfamily: | Acanthoceratoidea |
| Family: |
Lyelliceratidae Spath 1921 |
Lyelliceratidae is a family of ammonites belonging to the family Gaudryceratidae.
These cephalopods were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. They lived in the Cretaceous period (109.0 to 94.3 Ma).