Rhopaloteuthis aenigmatica d'Orbigny 1843 (belemnite)

Cephalopoda - Belemnitida

Alternative combination: Belemnites aenigmaticus

Full reference: A. d'Orbigny. 1843. Paléontologie Française - Description zoologique et géologique de tous les animaux mollusques et rayonnés fossiles de France - Terrains jurassiques. [Céphalopodes]. 1(Lvr 6-16):81-192

Belongs to Rhopaloteuthis according to R. Enay et al. 1994

See also d'Orbigny 1843

Sister taxa: Rhopaloteuthis bzoviensis, Rhopaloteuthis sauvanausa

Type specimen: Budapest no. M-60/1726.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Rhopaloteuthis aenigmatica in the database

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