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Dactyloteuthis

Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Megateuthididae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Dactyloteuthis Sepkoski
2014Dactyloteuthis Pinard et al. p. 169

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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
genusDactyloteuthis

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.

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Dactyloteuthis digitalis Blainville 1827
Dactyloteuthis incurvata Zieten 1831
Dactyloteuthis irregularis von Schlotheim 1813
Dactyloteuthis semistriata Muenster 1830
Dactyloteuthis similis von Seebach 1864
Dactyloteuthis wrighti Oppel 1856
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:38:11
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:04:16
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Toarcian to the top of the Thouarsense or 180.40000 to 174.70000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7Luxembourg Acrocoelites wrighti (141382)
Variabilis182.9 - 174.7Luxembourg Acrocoelites wrighti, D. semistriata, D. digitalis, D. irregularis (141383) D. semistriata, D. digitalis, D. irregularis (141384) D. sp., D. semistriata (141385)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Germany D. irregularis (59454)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7France D. semistriata, D. irregularis, D. similis (161668)
Thouarsense180.4 - 174.7Luxembourg D. sp. (141386 141387 141388 141389)
Late/Upper Toarcian - Aalenian180.4 - 170.9France D. trifidus, D. irregularis (51501)