Cephalopoda - Spirulida - Vasseuriidae

Alternative spelling: Vasseuridae

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

See also Jeletzky 1966

Sister taxa: Belemnoseidae, Belopteridae, Groenlandibelidae, Spirulidae, Spirulirostridae, Spirulirostrinidae

Subtaxa: Styracoteuthis Vasseuria

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Type: Vasseuria

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Units S1-S9, Selsey Peninsula, West Sussex (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

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