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Plesioteuthis arcuata

Cephalopoda - Plesioteuthidae

Taxonomy
Plesioteuthis arcuata was named by von der Marck (1873). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bauerschaft Bracht, near Sendenhorst, which is in a Campanian carbonate lime mudstone in the Ahlen Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Plesioteuthis arcuata von der Marck p. 66 figs. Pl 1, figs 5-7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
—Neocoleoidea
superorderOctobrachiaFiorini 1981
suborderPrototeuthinaNaef 1921
familyPlesioteuthidae(Naef 1921)
genusPlesioteuthis
speciesarcuata

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.

†Plesioteuthis arcuata von der Marck 1873
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available