†Belosepia Bronn 1838 (cuttlefish)
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Cephalopoda - Sepiida - Belosepiidae
Alternative spelling: Sepia (Belosepia)
Synonym: Stenosepia Vincent 1901
Parent taxon: Belosepiinae according to J. A. Jeletzky 1966
See also Schevill 1950, Sepkoski 2002 and Yancey et al. 2010
Sister taxon: Pseudosepia
Subtaxa: Belosepia sepioidea
Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Netherlands (1 collection), Nigeria (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (2: Texas)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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