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Ticinoteuthis chuchichaeschtli

Cephalopoda

Taxonomy
Ticinoteuthis chuchichaeschtli was named by Pohle and Klug (2024). Its type specimen is PIMUZ 39491, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Point 902, Monte San Giorgio, Bed 112, which is in an Illyrian marine dolomite in the Besano Formation of Switzerland. It is the type species of Ticinoteuthis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Ticinoteuthis chuchichaeschtli Pohle and Klug p. 21 figs. 3A-G, 10C

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
genusTicinoteuthis
specieschuchichaeschtli

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Ticinoteuthis chuchichaeschtli Pohle and Klug 2024
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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: Illyrian or 243.33000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Switzerland (Ticino) Ticinoteuthis chuchichaeschtli (type locality: 44706)