Choanoteuthis Fischer 1951 (belemnite)

Cephalopoda - Aulacoceratida - Xiphoteuthididae

Parent taxon: Xiphoteuthididae according to S. Niko and M. Ehiro 2018

See also Jeletzky 1966

Sister taxa: Atractites, Calliconites, Metabelemnites, Zugmontites

Subtaxa: Choanoteuthis hatai

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Hamada, Shiogama City, Miyagi Prefecture (reitzi zone) (Triassic of Japan)

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