Belemnotheutis information

Belemnotheutis; Temporal range: Middle to Upper Jurassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	B. antiquus fossil (NHMUK 25966) showing soft anatomy, Field Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Coleoidea
Superorder:	†Belemnoidea
Order:	†Belemnitida
Suborder:	†Belemnotheutina
Family:	†Belemnotheutidae
Genus:	†Belemnotheutis; Pearce, 1842
Type species
	†Belemnotheutis antiquus; Pearce, 1847
Species
	See text

Belemnotheutis is an extinct coleoid cephalopod genus from the middle and upper Jurassic, related to but morphologically distinct from belemnites. Belemnotheutis fossils are some of the best preserved among coleoids. Remains of soft tissue are well-documented in some specimens, even down to microscopic muscle tissue. In 2008, a group of paleontologists even recovered viable ink from ink sacs found in several specimens.

This genus was the subject of a dispute between several eminent 19th century British paleontologists, notably between Richard Owen and Gideon Mantell. Some authors incorrectly spell the genus Belemnoteuthis following the usual spelling teuthis (τευθίς) for 'squid'.

Belemnotheutis information

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Belemnotheutis

Belemnoidea

Phragmoteuthis

Ammonoidea

Orthoceras

Plectronoceras

Endocerida

Belosaepiidae

Nautiloid

Orthoceratidae

Goniatite

Paleobiota of the Solnhofen Formation

Ammonitida

Evolution of cephalopods

Ellesmerocerida

Bactritida

Orthocerida

Prolecanitida

Ceratitida

Phragmoteuthida

Kimmeridge Clay

Nautilida

Dissidocerida

Aulacocerida

Carbactinoceratidae

Permoteuthis

Discosorida

Ascocerida

Pseudorthoceratidae

Mosirites

Belemnotheutis Temporal range: Middle to Upper Jurassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

B. antiquus fossil (NHMUK 25966) showing soft anatomy, Field Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Coleoidea
Superorder:	†Belemnoidea
Order:	†Belemnitida
Suborder:	†Belemnotheutina
Family:	†Belemnotheutidae
Genus:	†Belemnotheutis Pearce, 1842
Type species
†Belemnotheutis antiquus Pearce, 1847
Species
See text