Eulytoceras
# Eulytoceras

Eulytoceras is an extinct genus of ammonoid cephalopods belonging to the family Lytoceratidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Cretaceous period, from Hauterivian age to Barremian age.

## Species

* Eulytoceras anisoptychum Uhlig, 1883
* Eulytoceras inaequalicostatus d'Orbigny, 1840
* Eulytoceras phestum Matheron, 1878

## Description

Shells of Eulytoceras species reach a diameter of about 72–140 millimetres (2.8–5.5 in).

## Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous rocks of Antarctica, Austria, Canada, Italy, Madagascar, South Africa and Spain.

