Pachyteuthis
Pachyteuthis Temporal range:
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Fossil of P. densus from the Swift Formation | |
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Phylum: | Mollusca
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Genus: | †Pachyteuthis Bayle, 1878
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†Pachyteuthis densus (Meek & Hayden, 1858)
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Pachyteuthis is a genus of belemnite that lived from the Early Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous,[1] and has been found in Asia, Europe and North America.[2] The type species is P. densus.
Sources[]
- ^ Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 162)
- ^ Pachyteuthis in the Paleobiology Database
Categories:
- Belemnites
- Prehistoric cephalopod genera
- Jurassic cephalopods
- Cretaceous cephalopods
- Mesozoic animals of Asia
- Mesozoic cephalopods of Europe
- Early Jurassic genus first appearances
- Early Cretaceous genus extinctions
- Prehistoric cephalopod stubs