†Trachyteuthis (octopus)
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Cephalopoda - Octopoda - Trachyteuthididae
Synonyms: Coccoteuthis Owen 1855, Voltzia Schevill 1950
Parent taxon: Trachyteuthididae according to D. Fuchs and N. Larson 2011
See also Engeser and Reitner 1985, Fuchs 2006, Jeletzky 1966, Schevill 1950 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Glyphidiopsis, Glyphiteuthis
Subtaxa: Trachyteuthis bacchiai Trachyteuthis hastiformis Voltzia palmeri
Type: Sepia hastiformis
Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (1 collection), Lebanon (2)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (1), Chile (1), Cuba (1), Germany (4), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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