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Megateuthis

Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Megateuthididae

Taxonomy
Megateuthis was named by Bayle (1878) [Sepkoski's age data: J Aale J Call-l Sepkoski's reference number: 308].

It was reranked as Belemnites (Megateuthis) by Gemmellaro (1911).

It was assigned to Belemnites by Gemmellaro (1911); and to Megateuthididae by Dzyuba and de Lagausie (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Megateuthis Bayle
1911Belemnites (Megateuthis) Gemmellaro p. 207
2018Megateuthis Dzyuba and de Lagausie

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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

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.

G. †Megateuthis Bayle 1878
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†Megateuthis suevica Klein 1773
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Invalid names: Megateuthis giganteus Schlotheim 1820 [synonym], Megateuthis paxillosus Schlotheim 1820 [synonym]
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 Hettangian to the top of the Early/Lower Bajocian or 201.40000 to 168.60000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Greenland M. quenstedti, M. sp. (162108) M. rhenana (162102)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Italy (Messina) Belemnites paxillosus (173593)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Greenland M. conoidea, M. sp. (162070) M. sp. (162065 162088 162094)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Greenland M. sp. (162090)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Italy (Umbria) M. glaber (176010)
Early/Lower Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Germany M. rhenana (59460 59463 59464 59465)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6France M. sp. (21269)