Phragmoteuthis
| Phragmoteuthis Temporal range: Late Triassic – Early Jurassic | |
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| Phragmoteuthis conocauda | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Coleoidea |
| Cohort: | †Belemnoidea |
| Order: | †Phragmoteuthida |
| Family: | †Phragmoteuthidae |
| Genus: | †Phragmoteuthis Mojsisovics, 1882 |
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Phragmoteuthis is a genus of coleoid cephalopod known from the late Triassic[1] to the lower Jurassic.[2] Its soft tissue has been preserved; some specimens contain intact ink sacs,[1] and others, gills.[3] It had an internal phragmocone[1] and ten arms.[4]
References
- 1 2 3 Doguzhaeva, L.; Summesberger, H.; Mutvei, H.; Brandstaetter, F. (2007). "The mantle, ink sac, ink, arm hooks and soft body debris associated with the shells in Late Triassic coleoid cephalopod Phragmoteuthis from the Austrian Alps". Palaeoworld 16 (4): 272–284. doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2007.08.002.
- ↑ Mutvei, H.; Donovan, D. T. (2006), "Siphuncular structure in some fossil coleoids and Recent Spirula", Palaeontology 49 (3): 685–691, doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00533.x
- ↑ Joachim Reitner (2009-11-11). "Preserved gill remains in Phragmoteuthis conocauda (Quenstedt, 1846-49) (Toarcian, Southern Western Germany)" (PDF). Berliner paläobiologische Abhandlungen 10: 289–295.
- ↑ Donovan, D. T. (2006). "Phragmoteuthida (Cephalopoda: Coleoidea) from the Lower Jurassic of Dorset, England". Palaeontology 49 (3): 673–684. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00552.x.
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