Lewesiceras
# 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 (Texas), Uzbekistan.

## Species

* Lewesiceras mantelli Wright and Wright, 1951
* Lewesiceras peramplum (Mantell, 1822)
* Lewesiceras wiedmanni Wright & Kennedy, 1984

## Gallery

* Lewesiceras peramplum, a pachydiscid ammonite from Upper Turonian of Poland
* Lewesiceras cornicostatus, from Czech Republic, at the National Museum (Prague)
* Lewesiceras sharpei, from Czech Republic, at the National Museum (Prague)
