Glyphiteuthis Reuss 1854 (octopus)

Cephalopoda - Octopoda - Trachyteuthididae

Synonyms: Libanoteuthis Kretzoi 1942, Paraglyphiteuthis Košťák 2002

Full reference: A. E. Reuss. 1854. Loliginidenreste in der Kreideformation. Abhandlungen der Könighlichen Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften 5(8):29-32

Parent taxon: Trachyteuthididae according to R. Jattiot et al. 2015

See also Fuchs 2006, Fuchs and Larson 2011, Jeletzky 1966, Košťák 2002 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Glyphidiopsis, Trachyteuthis

Subtaxa: Glyphiteuthis abisaadiorum Glyphiteuthis freijii Glyphiteuthis libanotica Glyphiteuthis minor Glyphiteuthis ornata Glyphiteuthis rhinophora Paraglyphiteuthis crenata

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Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the Czech Republic (6 collections), Lebanon (11), Mexico (1)

Total: 18 collections including 26 occurrences

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