†family Mastigophoridae Engeser and Reitner 1985 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Loligosepiida - Mastigophoridae

Full reference: T. Engeser and J. Reitner. 1985. Teuthiden aus dem Unterapt ("Töck") von Helgoland (Schleswig-Holstein, Norddeutschland). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 59:245-260

Parent taxon: Loligosepiina according to P. Doyle et al. 1994

See also Engeser and Reitner 1985

Sister taxa: Geopeltididae, Leptoteuthididae, Loligosepiidae, Necroteuthididae, Simoniteuthis

Subtaxa: Mastigophora

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Type: Mastigophora

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at North coast of Helgoland-Düne (Stühmer collection) (Cretaceous of Germany)

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