Leptoteuthis
Leptoteuthis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Vampyromorphida |
Suborder: | † |
Family: | †Leptoteuthididae |
Genus: | †Leptoteuthis |
Species: | †L. gigas
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Binomial name | |
†Leptoteuthis gigas Meyer, 1834
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Leptoteuthis is a monospecific genus of cephalopod known primarily from gladii, with soft parts often preserved in the German Solnholfen limestone.[1]
References[]
- ^ Fuchs, D. (2007). "Coleoid cephalopods from the plattenkalks of the Upper Jurassic of Southern Germany and from the Upper Cretaceous of Lebanon – A faunal comparison". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 245: 59–69. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2007/0245-0059.
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Categories:
- Prehistoric cephalopod genera
- Monotypic mollusc genera
- Prehistoric cephalopod stubs