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Trachyteuthididae

Cephalopoda - Octopoda - Trachyteuthididae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Trachyteuthidae Naef
1942Trachyteuthidae Kretzoi p. 134
1966Trachyteuthididae Jeletzky p. 45
1994Trachyteuthididae Doyle et al. p. 7
2005Trachyteuthidae Boyle and Rodhouse p. 344
2006Trachyteuthididae Fuchs p. 10
2011Trachyteuthididae Fuchs and Larson p. 816
2015Trachyteuthididae Jattiot et al. p. 158

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
Neocoleoidea
superorderOctobrachiaFiorini 1981
orderOctopodaLeach 1818
suborderTeudopseina(Storabogatov 1983)
familyTrachyteuthididae(Naef 1922)
familyTrachyteuthididae(Naef 1922)

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.

Fm. †Trachyteuthididae Naef 1922
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G. †Glyphidiopsis Fuchs and Larson 2011
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Glyphidiopsis waagei Fuchs and Larson 2011
G. †Glyphiteuthis Reuss 1854
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Glyphiteuthis abisaadiorum Fuchs and Weis 2009
Glyphiteuthis freijii Fuchs and Larson 2011
Glyphiteuthis minor Fritsch and Schlönbach 1872
Glyphiteuthis ornata Reuss 1854
Glyphiteuthis rhinophora Fuchs et al. 2010
Invalid names: Libanoteuthis Kretzoi 1942 [synonym], Paraglyphiteuthis Košťák 2002 [synonym]
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Trachyteuthis bacchiai Fuchs and Larson 2011
Trachyteuthis hastiformis Rüppell 1829
Invalid names: Coccoteuthis Owen 1855 [synonym], Voltzia Schevill 1950 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:28:52
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:28:52
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Oxfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Santonian or 161.50000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Chile Trachyteuthis covacevichi (215835)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Cuba (Pinar del Río) Voltzia palmeri (90913)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Trachyteuthis nusplingensis, Trachyteuthis hastiformis (154138)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian152.21 - 145.06United Kingdom Trachyteuthis sp. (73315)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Antarctica (Antarctic Peninsula) Trachyteuthis sp. (10697)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany Trachyteuthis sp. (73322 73323)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06United Kingdom Trachyteuthis sp. (73320)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bayern) Trachyteuthis hastata (84365)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Germany Trachyteuthis sp. (212878)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lebanon Geoteuthis libanotica (213130) Glyphiteuthis abisaadiorum (212911) Glyphiteuthis libanotica (69118 212873 212874) Glyphiteuthis sp., Glyphiteuthis libanotica, Glyphiteuthis abisaadiorum, Glyphiteuthis freijii, Glyphidiopsis waagei (212875) Glyphiteuthis sp., Glyphiteuthis libanotica, Glyphiteuthis freijii, Trachyteuthis hastiformis (60311) Glyphiteuthis sp., Glyphiteuthis libanotica, Trachyteuthis bacchiai, Glyphiteuthis abisaadiorum, Glyphiteuthis freijii (212910)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lebanon Glyphiteuthis freijii (212912) Glyphiteuthis sp. (213197)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Mexico (Coahuila) Glyphiteuthis rhinophora (101698)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Czechia Glyphiteuthis minor (213125) Glyphiteuthis ornata (213127)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Czechia Glyphiteuthis crenata (213123)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Czechia Glyphiteuthis minor (213124 213126) Glyphiteuthis ornata (213128)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Lebanon Glyphiteuthis libanotica (212871)