†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
Type: Mastigophora
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at North coast of Helgoland-Düne (Stühmer collection) (Cretaceous of Germany)