†Maioteuthis damesi Engeser and Reitner 1985 (mollusk)
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Cephalopoda - Octobrachia - Plesioteuthidae
Full reference: T. Engeser and J. Reitner. 1985. Teuthiden aus dem Unterapt ("Töck") von Helgoland (Schleswig-Holstein, Norddeutschland). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 59:245-260
Belongs to Maioteuthis according to T. Engeser and J. Reitner 1985
Sister taxon: Maioteuthis morroensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is North coast of Helgoland-Düne (Stühmer collection), which is in an Aptian marine shale in Germany
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at North coast of Helgoland-Düne (Stühmer collection)
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