Maioteuthis Reitner and Engeser 1982 (mollusk)

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

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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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