†order Loligosepiida Jeletzky 1965 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Loligosepiida

Alternative spelling: Loligosepiina

Parent taxon: Coleoidea according to D. T. Donovan and S. von Boletzky 2014

See also Boyle and Rodhouse 2005, Doyle et al. 1994, Jeletzky 1966 and Reitner 1978

Sister taxa: Aulacocerida, Belemnoida, Belemnoidea, Belemnomorpha, Decabrachia, Decembrachiata, Diplobelida, Glochinomorpha, Jeletzkya, Neocoleoidea, Onychoteuthis, Palaeoteuthomorpha, Phragmoteuthidida, Pohlsepia, Teuthidea, Ticinoteuthis, Decacera

Subtaxa: Geopeltididae Leptoteuthididae Loligosepiidae Mastigophoridae Necroteuthididae Simoniteuthis

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Cape Verde (1 collection), Germany (1)

• Jurassic of France (1), Germany (1), Luxembourg (1), the United Kingdom (8)

• Triassic of Germany (1)

Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences

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