Palaeoteuthomorpha
Palaeoteuthomorpha Temporal range: Devonian - ? | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | Coleoidea |
Superorder: | Palaeoteuthomorpha Bandel, Reitner,& Sturmer, 1983 |
Palaeoteuthomorpha is a superorder of primitive coleoid cephalopods, containing the Boletzkyida, characterized by an orthoceroid-like phragmocone early in ontogeny and a teuthid living chamber later in ontogeny. This contrasts with the later Teuthida which have a reduced living chamber (gladius) throughout.
References
- Klaus Bandel, J Reitner, and W Sturmer, 1983. Coleoids from the Loer Devonian Black Slate (Hunstruck-Shiefer) of the Hunsruck (West Germany) N Jb Geol Paliont Abh 165(3) 397-414 Stuttgart, Apr 1983.