Passaloteuthis auricipitis 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 bisulcata, Passaloteuthis bruguieriana, Passaloteuthis dayi, Passaloteuthis elongata, Passaloteuthis ima, Passaloteuthis laevigata, Passaloteuthis milleri, Passaloteuthis ridgensis, Passaloteuthis seatownensis, Passaloteuthis stonebarroensis, Passaloteuthis westhaiensis, Passaloteuthis woottonensis

Type specimen: BMNH C.28949. Its type locality is Bed 120d, extreme top, Crumbly Bed, Golden Cap, which is in an Ibex offshore marl in the Belemnite Marls Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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