Cephalopoda - Octopoda - Palaeololiginidae
Full reference: D. Fuchs. 2006. Morphology, taxonomy and diversity of vampyropod Coleoids (Cephalopoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Lebanon. Memorie della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 34(2):1-27
Parent taxon: Palaeololiginidae according to D. Fuchs et al. 2017
See also Fuchs 2006, Fuchs and Larson 2011 and Jattiot et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Marekites, Palaeololigo
Subtaxa: Rachiteuthis acutali Rachiteuthis donovani
Type: Rachiteuthis donovani
Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Italy (1 collection), Lebanon (4)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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