Biology:Leptoteuthis

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Short description: Extinct genus of molluscs

Leptoteuthis
Eichstätt Leptoteuthis gigas.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Vampyromorphida
Suborder: Loligosepiina
Family: Leptotheuthidae
Genus: Leptotheuthis
Species:
L. gigas
Binomial name
Leptoteuthis gigas
Meyer, 1834

Leptoteuthis is a monospecific genus of cephalopod known primarily from gladii, with soft parts often preserved in the German Solnholfen limestone.[1]

References

  1. 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. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6528566 entry