Leptoteuthis
| Leptoteuthis gigas | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Vampyromorphida |
| Suborder: | †Loligosepiina |
| Family: | †Leptoteuthididae |
| Genus: | †Leptoteuthis |
| Species: | † L. gigas |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptoteuthis gigas | |
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.