Cylindroteuthis porrecta Phillips 1870 (belemnite)

Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnitidae

Alternative combination: Belemnites porrectus

Full reference: J. Phillips. 1870. A Monograph of British Belemnitidae: Jurassic, part 5. Palaeontographical Society Monograph 23:109-128

Belongs to Cylindroteuthis according to O. S. Dzyuba 2012

See also Phillips 1870

Sister taxa: Cylindroteuthis clavicula, Cylindroteuthis cuspidata, Cylindroteuthis gelida, Cylindroteuthis glennensis, Cylindroteuthis jacutica, Cylindroteuthis knoxvillensis, Cylindroteuthis newvillensis, Cylindroteuthis occidentalis, Cylindroteuthis oweni, Cylindroteuthis porrectiformis, Cylindroteuthis puzosi, Cylindroteuthis venusta

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Shotover Hill, Oxford Clay (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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