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Sepiida (cuttlefish)
Taxonomy
Sepiida was named by Zittel (1895). It is extant.
It was corrected as Sepioidea by Boyle and Rodhouse (2005).
It was assigned to Coleoidea by Jeletzky (1966), Squires (1984), Wells and Houston (2001); to Cephalopoda by Anderson (1938), Sepkoski (2002); and to Decabrachia by Doyle et al. (1994), Boyle and Rodhouse (2005), Hoffmann et al. (2022).
It was corrected as Sepioidea by Boyle and Rodhouse (2005).
It was assigned to Coleoidea by Jeletzky (1966), Squires (1984), Wells and Houston (2001); to Cephalopoda by Anderson (1938), Sepkoski (2002); and to Decabrachia by Doyle et al. (1994), Boyle and Rodhouse (2005), Hoffmann et al. (2022).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1895 | Sepiida Zittel |
| 1938 | Sepioidea Anderson p. 232 |
| 1966 | Sepiida Jeletzky |
| 1984 | Sepiida Squires p. 55 |
| 1994 | Sepiida Doyle et al. p. 6 |
| 2001 | Sepiida Wells and Houston p. 137 |
| 2002 | Sepiida Sepkoski |
| 2005 | Sepioidea Boyle and Rodhouse p. 344 |
| 2022 | Sepiida Hoffmann et al. |
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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.
Or. Sepiida Zittel 1895 [cuttlefish]
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G. †Adygeya Dogushaeva 1996
G. †Amerirostra Jeletzky 1969
Fm. †Belosaepiidae Dixon 1850
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Fm. †Belosepiidae Dixon 1850
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G. †Belosepia Bronn 1838
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†Belosepia sepioidea Blainville 1825
Invalid names: Stenosepia Vincent 1901 [synonym]
G. †Pseudosepia Naef 1923
Fm. Sepiidae Keferstein 1866 [cuttlefish]
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Invalid names: Chondrophoridae Fischer [empty], Idiosepiidae Fischer 1887 [empty], Sepiadariidae Naef 1921 [empty], Sepiolidae Keferstein 1866 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Zanclean or 83.60000 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.2 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.2 Ma
Collections (20 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (British Columbia) | Sepiida indet. (84196) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | Egypt | Aegyptosaepia lugeri (172932) | |
| Thanetian | Egypt | Aegyptosaepia lugeri (172933) Sepiida indet., Aegyptosaepia lugeri (172934) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | Belosepia sp. (76601) | |
| Ypresian | USA (Texas) | Belosepia pennae (7788 7789) | |
| Ypresian - Lutetian | USA (California) | Sepiida indet. (8017) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene | United Kingdom (England) | Belosepia sepioidea (3258) | |
| Lutetian | Nigeria | Belosepia sepioidea (51242) | |
| Bartonian | Netherlands | Belosepia proxima (3718) | |
| Bartonian | United Kingdom (England) | Belosepia sepioidea (42636) | |
| Priabonian | USA (Washington) | Belosepiidae indet. (167461) | |
| Chattian | USA (Washington) | Sepia sp. (91615) | |
| Langhian | Australia (Victoria) | Notosepia cliftonensis (46165 179955 179956 179957 179958) | |
| Zanclean | Holy See (Vatican City State) | Sepia rugulosa (209253) |