Glochinomorpha Gordon 1971 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Coleoidea

Full reference: M. Gordon. 1971. Primitive squid gladii from the Permian of Utah. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 750C:C34-C38

Parent taxon: Coleoidea according to L. A. Doguzhaeva and R. H. Mapes 2015

See also Doyle et al. 1994, Gordon 1971 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Aulacocerida, Belemnoida, Belemnoidea, Belemnomorpha, Decabrachia, Decembrachiata, Diplobelida, Jeletzkya, Loligosepiida, Neocoleoidea, Onychoteuthis, Palaeoteuthomorpha, Phragmoteuthidida, Pohlsepia, Teuthidea, Decacera

Subtaxa: Glochinomorpha stifeli

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Type: Glochinomorpha stifeli

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at USGS 19020-PC, Terrace Mountains (Permian of Utah)

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