†family Trachyteuthididae Naef 1922 (octopus)
Cephalopoda - Octopoda - Trachyteuthididae
Alternative spelling: Trachyteuthidae
Parent taxon: Teudopseina according to R. Jattiot et al. 2015
See also Boyle and Rodhouse 2005, Doyle et al. 1994, Fuchs 2006, Fuchs and Larson 2011, Jeletzky 1966 and Kretzoi 1942
Sister taxa: Kalaenidae, Muensterelloidea, Palaeololiginidae, Teudopsidae
Subtaxa: Glyphidiopsis Glyphiteuthis Trachyteuthis
Type: Trachyteuthis
Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Czechia (6 collections), Germany (1), Lebanon (12), Mexico (1)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (1), Chile (1), Cuba (1), Germany (4), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 29 collections including 40 occurrences