Ticinoteuthis chuchichaeschtli Pohle and Klug 2024 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Coleoidea

Full reference: A. Pohle and C. Klug. 2024. Orthoceratoid and coleoid cephalopods from the Middle Triassic of Switzerland with an updated taxonomic framework for Triassic Orthoceratoidea. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 143(14)

Belongs to Ticinoteuthis according to A. Pohle and C. Klug 2024

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIMUZ 39491, a shell. Its type locality is Point 902, Monte San Giorgio, Bed 112, which is in an Illyrian marine dolomite in the Besano Formation of Switzerland.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Point 902, Monte San Giorgio, Bed 112

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