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Dorateuthis syriaca

Cephalopoda - Plesioteuthidae

Taxonomy

Dorateuthis syriaca was named by Woodward (1883). Its type specimen is BMNH C 5017 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Dorateuthis.

Synonyms

Curculionites senonicus was named by Kolbe (1888). It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Sahel Alma (Noetling collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon.

It was recombined as Curculidium senonicum by Handlirsch (1907); it was synonymized subjectively with Dorateuthis syriaca by Fuchs (2006), Fuchs and Larson (2011).
Sepialites sahilalmae was named by Naef (1922). Its type specimen is SMNS 26269 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sahel Alma (SMNS collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon.

It was recombined as Dorateuthis sahilalmae by Engeser and Reitner (1986); it was synonymized subjectively with Dorateuthis syriaca by Fuchs and Larson (2011), Jattiot et al. (2015).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1883	Dorateuthis syriaca Woodward
1888	Curculionites senonicus Kolbe p. 136 figs. Pl 11, fig 8
1907	Curculidium senonicum Handlirsch p. 665
1922	Sepialites sahilalmae Naef
1986	Dorateuthis sahilalmae Engeser and Reitner p. 3 figs. Pl 1, fig 1; text-fig 1
2006	Dorateuthis syriaca Fuchs p. 6 figs. Pls 1-3
2011	Dorateuthis syriaca Fuchs and Larson p. 237 figs. 2-8
2015	Dorateuthis syriaca Jattiot et al. p. 151 figs. 4.1-4.3, 5.1-5.5, 7.1, 9.1-9.5, 10, 11.1-11.4, 12.1-12.4, 13.1-13.3, 14

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Coleoidea	Bather 1888
—	Neocoleoidea
superorder	Octobrachia	Fiorini 1981
suborder	Prototeuthina	Naef 1921
family	Plesioteuthidae	(Naef 1921)
genus	Dorateuthis	Woodward 1883
species	syriaca	Woodward 1883

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.

†Dorateuthis syriaca Woodward 1883

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Invalid names: Curculionites senonicus Kolbe 1888 [synonym], Geophilus senonicus Kolbe 1888 [synonym], Sepialites sahilalmae Naef 1922 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Environment:

marinec

Locomotion:

fast-movingc

Life habit:

nektonicc

Diet:

carnivorec

Vision:

well-developedc

Created:

2004-02-28 11:51:48

Modified:

2023-08-18 17:28:37

Source: c = class

Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Santonian or 100.50000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (6 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Lebanon	Dorateuthis syriaca (212873 212875)
Late/Upper Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Lebanon	Curculionites senonicus (154207) Dorateuthis syriaca (92241 212871) Sepialites sahilalmae, Dorateuthis sp. (213129)