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Pachyteuthis

Cephalopoda - Belemnitida

Taxonomy
Pachyteuthis was named by Bayle (1878) [Sepkoski's age data: J Aale K Haut-l Sepkoski's reference number: 1222]. It is not extant. Its type is Belemnites excentralis.

It was assigned to Belemnitida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Pachyteuthis Bayle
2002Pachyteuthis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
—Neocoleoidea
superorderDecabrachiaHaeckel 1866
orderBelemnitidaHaeckel 1866
genusPachyteuthisBayle 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. †Pachyteuthis Bayle 1878
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†Pachyteuthis abbreviatus Miller 1826
†Pachyteuthis excentralis Young and Bird 1828
†Pachyteuthis souichii d'Orbigny 1843
†Pachyteuthis troslayana d'Orbigny 1850
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 Valanginian or 180.40000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Toarcian - Aalenian180.4 - 170.9France P. breviformis, P. conulus (51501)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Russian Federation P. optima (192742)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Russian Federation P. subrediviva (68349 68353)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8United Kingdom (England) Belemnites abbreviatus (100669)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8USA (Wyoming) P. densus (96679)
Oxfordian - Tithonian161.5 - 143.1Svalbard and Jan Mayen P. cuneata, P. breviaxis, P. kirghisensis (212490)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Russian Federation (Siberia) P. absoluta, P. miatschkoviensis, P. grossa, P. excentralis, P. troslayana (58776) P. absoluta, P. panderiana, P. troslayana (58775) P. absoluta, P. sp. (58774) P. panderiana, P. absoluta, P. sp. (58773)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Russian Federation (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug) P. grossa, P. excentralis, P. troslayana (58777) P. grossa, P. troslayana (58779) P. panderiana, P. grossa, P. troslayana (58778) P. troslayana (58781 58782)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Russian Federation (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug) P. panderiana, P. apiculata, P. explanata (58784)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Russian Federation (Siberia) P. apiculata (2475) P. panderiana, P. apiculata, P. explanata, P. troslayana (58785)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1United Kingdom (Scotland) P. sp. (169043)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1USA (California) P. sp. (225935)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Russian Federation P. acuta, P. subrectangulata (2505) P. curvula, P. subrectangulata (2491) P. sp. (2523) P. subrectangulata, P. curvula (2490)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Russian Federation (Siberia) P. curvula (2470 2471) P. subrectangulata (2469)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Russian Federation P. sp. (189627) P. subrectangulata (189600 189601 189625 189626 189631 189633)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Russian Federation (Siberia) P. sp. (64280)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Russian Federation (Siberia) P. subrectangulata (2472)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Russian Federation P. acuta (2493)