Fossil of Clarkeiteuthis conocauda preying on Leptolepis
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
†Diplobelida
Genus:
†Clarkeiteuthis Dirk et al. 2013
Species
C. conocauda Quenstedt, 1849
C. montefiorei Buckman, 1880
Synonyms
Synonyms of C. conocauda
Onychoteuthis conocauda Quenstedt, 1849
Acanthoteuthis conocauda (Quenstedt, 1849)
Phragmoteuthis conocauda (Quenstedt, 1849)
Synonyms of C. montefiorei
Belemnoteuthis montefiorei Buckman, 1880
Acanthoteuthis montefiorei (Buckman, 1880)
Phragmoteuthis montefiorei (Buckman, 1880)
Clarkeiteuthis is a genus of extinct belemnoid cephalopod known from the lower Jurassic in Germany and England. Described two species, C. conocauda and C. montefiorei are originally described as species of phragmoteuthid Phragmoteuthis, but got their own genus and moved to Diplobelida.[1]
^Fuchs, Dirk; Donovan, Desmond T.; Keupp, Helmut (2013-12-01). "Taxonomic revision of ?Onychoteuthis? conocauda Quenstedt, 1849 (Cephalopoda: Coleoidea)". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 270 (3): 245–255. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2013/0368.
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Devonian–Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Well preserved diplobelid Clarkeiteuthis conocauda, showing arm hooks and outline of mantle Scientific classification...
described species, P. conocauda and P. montefiorei got their own genus, Clarkeiteuthis. Doguzhaeva, L.; Summesberger, H.; Mutvei, H.; Brandstaetter, F. (2007)...
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(Stenopterygius quadriscissus) or SMNS 95401 (Metopacanthus sp.). The genus Clarkeiteuthis and its predatory behaviour, found associated with fishes of the genus...
Formation United States A member of Hercoglossidae, a species of Cimomia. Clarkeiteuthis Gen. et comb. nov Valid Fuchs, Donovan & Keupp Early Jurassic (late...
junior synonym of the genus Atractites. A study on four specimens of Clarkeiteuthis conocauda from the Toarcian Posidonia Shale (Germany) preserved with...
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