†Maioteuthis Reitner and Engeser 1982 (mollusk)
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Cephalopoda - Octobrachia - Plesioteuthidae
Full reference: J. Reitner and T. Engeser. 1982. Teuthiden aus dem Barrême der Insel Maio (Kapverdische Inseln). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 56:209-216
Parent taxon: Plesioteuthididae according to T. Engeser and J. Reitner 1985
See also Reitner and Engeser 1982 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Boreopeltis, Dorateuthis, Eromangateuthis, Paraplesioteuthis, Plesioteuthis, Styloteuthis
Subtaxa: Maioteuthis damesi Maioteuthis morroensis
Type: Maioteuthis morroensis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Cape Verde (1 collection), Germany (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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