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Phragmoteuthis

Phragmoteuthis
Temporal range: Late Triassic – Early Jurassic
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Phragmoteuthis conocauda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Phragmoteuthida
Family: Phragmoteuthidae
Genus: Phragmoteuthis
Mojsisovics, 1882
Species
  • P. bisinuata (Bronn, 1859)
  • P. conocauda (Quenstedt, 1849)
  • P. huxleyi Donovan, 2006
  • P. montefiorei (Buckman, 1880)
  • ?P. ticinensis Rieber, 1970
Synonyms
  • Acanthoteuthis bisinuata Bronn, 1859
  • Acanthoteuthis conocauda Quenstedt, 1849
  • Belemnotheutis montefiorei Buckman, 1880

Phragmoteuthis is a genus of coleoid cephalopod known from the late Triassic to the lower Jurassic. Its soft tissue has been preserved; some specimens contain intact ink sacs, and others, gills. It had an internal phragmocone and ten arms.



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