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Megateuthis quenstedti

Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Megateuthididae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
M. suevica (syn. M. giganteus, M. paxillosus, Orthocera conica)
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. conoidea

Synonymy list
No taxonomic opinions are available

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
—Neocoleoidea
superorderDecabrachiaHaeckel 1866
orderBelemnitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderBelemnitinaZittel 1895
familyMegateuthididaeSachs and Nalnjaeva 1967
genusMegateuthisBayle 1878
speciesquenstedti

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Hettangian or 201.40000 to 199.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Greenland Megateuthis quenstedti (162108)