Glyphiteuthis ornata Reuss 1854 (octopus)

Cephalopoda - Octopoda - Trachyteuthididae

Full reference: A. E. Reuss. 1854. Loliginidenreste in der Kreideformation. Abhandlungen der Könighlichen Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften 5(8):29-32

Belongs to Glyphiteuthis according to M. Košťák 2002

See also Fritsch 1910 and Reuss 1854

Sister taxa: Glyphiteuthis abisaadiorum, Glyphiteuthis freijii, Glyphiteuthis libanotica, Glyphiteuthis minor, Glyphiteuthis rhinophora, Paraglyphiteuthis crenata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Quarry at Weissen Berges bei Prag, which is in a Turonian carbonate marl in the Bilá Hora Formation of Czechia

Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Czechia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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