Phragmoteuthis ticinensis Rieber 1970 (belemnite)

Cephalopoda - Phragmoteuthida - Phragmoteuthididae

Full reference: H. Rieber. 1970. Phragmoteuthis ? ticinensis n. sp., ein Coleoidea-Rest aus der Grenzbitumenzone (Mittlere Trias) des Monte San Giorgio (Kt. Tessin, Schweiz). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 44:32-40

Belongs to Phragmoteuthis according to H. Rieber 1970

Sister taxon: Phragmoteuthis bisinuata

Type specimen: PIMUZ N/1. Its type locality is Point 902, Monte San Giorgio, unspecified bed, which is in an Illyrian/Fassanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite/shale in the Besano Formation of Switzerland.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Point 902, Monte San Giorgio, unspecified bed

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