Passaloteuthis westhaiensis Lang 1928 (belemnite)

Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Passaloteuthididae

Full reference: W. D. Lang. 1928. Belemnites, in The Belemnite marls of Charmouth, a series in the Lias of the Dorset Coast. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 84

Belongs to Passaloteuthis according to W. D. Lang 1928

Sister taxa: Passaloteuthis apicicurvata, Passaloteuthis argillarum, Passaloteuthis auricipitis, Passaloteuthis bisulcata, Passaloteuthis bruguieriana, Passaloteuthis dayi, Passaloteuthis elongata, Passaloteuthis ima, Passaloteuthis laevigata, Passaloteuthis milleri, Passaloteuthis ridgensis, Passaloteuthis seatownensis, Passaloteuthis stonebarroensis, Passaloteuthis woottonensis

Type specimen: BMNH C.28894. Its type locality is Bed 112, middle part, Lower Darker Band, Ridge Water, Charmouth, which is in a Jamesoni offshore marl in the Belemnite Marls Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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