†suborder Prototeuthina Naef 1921 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Octobrachia

Alternative spelling: Prototeuthidina

Parent taxon: Octobrachia according to D. Fuchs 2019

See also Fuchs 2006, Fuchs and Larson 2011, Jattiot et al. 2015, Jeletzky 1966 and Riegraf 1987

Sister taxa: Cirroctopodida, Octopoda, Vampyromorpha

Subtaxa: Lioteuthididae Plesioteuthidae

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Australia (2 collections), Cape Verde (1), Czechia (1), Germany (3), Lebanon (9), Mexico (1)

• Jurassic of France (1), Germany (3)

Total: 21 collections including 22 occurrences

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