Rachiteuthis Fuchs 2006 (octopus)

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

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Type: Rachiteuthis donovani

Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Italy (1 collection), Lebanon (4)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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