Dorateuthis syrica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Superorder: | Octopodiformes |
Suborder: | †Prototeuthidina |
Family: | †Plesioteuthididae |
Genus: | Dorateuthis |
Species: | D. syrica |
Binomial name | |
Dorateuthis syrica |
Dorateuthis is a genus of cephalopod with a gladius and soft-part anatomy preserved.[1][2] This cephalopod likely appeared at the end of the Triassic period and disappeared during the latest Cretaceous.