Voltzia palmeri Schevill 1950 (octopus)

Cephalopoda - Octopoda - Trachyteuthididae

Full reference: W. E. Schevill. 1950. An Upper Jurassic sepioid from Cuba. Journal of Paleontology 24(1):99-101

Belongs to Voltzia according to W. E. Schevill 1950

Sister taxa: Trachyteuthis bacchiai, Trachyteuthis hastiformis

Type specimen: M.C.Z. 5027, a shell. Its type locality is Jagua Vieja, which is in an Oxfordian marine horizon in the Jagua Formation of Cuba.

Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Jagua Vieja

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