Cephalopoda - Octopoda - Enchoteuthidae
Synonym: Kansasteuthis Miller and Walker 1968
Full reference: H. W. Miller and M. V. Walker. 1968. Enchoteuthis melanae and Kansasteuthis lindneri, new genera and species of teuthids, and a sepiid from the Niobrara Formation of Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 71:176-183
Parent taxon: Enchoteuthidae according to D. Fuchs et al. 2019
See also Green 1977, Larson 2010, Miller and Walker 1968 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Niobrarateuthis, Tusoteuthis, Tusoteuthis longa
Subtaxa: Enchoteuthis cobbani Enchoteuthis melanae Enchoteuthis tonii
Type: Enchoteuthis melanae
Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (5: Manitoba collections), United States (9: Kansas, South Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences
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