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Plesioteuthidae
Taxonomy
Plesioteuthididae was named by Naef (1921). It is not extant. Its type is Paraplesioteuthis.
It was corrected as Plesioteuthidae by Kretzoi (1942), Fuchs (2019).
It was assigned to Ommatostrephoidae by Kretzoi (1942); to Teuthida by Doyle et al. (1994); to Prototeuthidina by Fuchs and Larson (2011), Jattiot et al. (2015); and to Prototeuthina by Jeletzky (1966), Fuchs (2006), Fuchs (2019).
It was corrected as Plesioteuthidae by Kretzoi (1942), Fuchs (2019).
It was assigned to Ommatostrephoidae by Kretzoi (1942); to Teuthida by Doyle et al. (1994); to Prototeuthidina by Fuchs and Larson (2011), Jattiot et al. (2015); and to Prototeuthina by Jeletzky (1966), Fuchs (2006), Fuchs (2019).
Subtaxa
Boreopeltis, Dorateuthis, Eromangateuthis, Maioteuthis, Paraplesioteuthis (type genus), Plesioteuthis, Styloteuthis
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1921 | Plesioteuthididae Naef |
| 1942 | Plesioteuthidae Kretzoi p. 134 |
| 1966 | Plesioteuthididae Jeletzky p. 45 |
| 1994 | Plesioteuthididae Doyle et al. p. 6 |
| 2006 | Plesioteuthididae Fuchs p. 6 |
| 2011 | Plesioteuthididae Fuchs and Larson p. 236 |
| 2015 | Plesioteuthididae Jattiot et al. p. 150 |
| 2019 | Plesioteuthidae Fuchs p. 1 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. †Plesioteuthidae Naef 1921
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G. †Boreopeltis Engeser and Reitner 1985
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†Boreopeltis helgolandiae Engeser and Reitner 1985
†Boreopeltis ifrimae Fuchs and Stinnesbeck 2021
†Boreopeltis sagittata Naef 1921
†Boreopeltis smithi Fuchs and Larson 2011
G. †Dorateuthis Woodward 1883
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†Dorateuthis syriaca Woodward 1883
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Invalid names: Curculionites senonicus Kolbe 1888 [synonym], Geophilus senonicus Kolbe 1888 [synonym], Sepialites sahilalmae Naef 1922 [synonym]
G. †Maioteuthis Reitner and Engeser 1982
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†Maioteuthis damesi Engeser and Reitner 1985
†Maioteuthis morroensis Reitner and Engeser 1982
G. †Plesioteuthis
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†Plesioteuthis arcuata von der Marck 1873
†Plesioteuthis fraasii Woodward 1896
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available