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Enchoteuthis melanae

Cephalopoda - Octobrachia - Enchoteuthidae

Taxonomy
Enchoteuthis melanae was named by Miller and Walker (1968). Its type specimen is FHSM 13049 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Near Russell Springs, which is in a Santonian carbonate chalk in the Niobrara Formation of Kansas. It is the type species of Enchoteuthis.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Enchoteuthis melanae Miller and Walker p. 176 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,3
1968Kansasteuthis lindneri Miller and Walker p. 180 figs. Pl 1, fig 5; pl 3, fig 2
1977Niobrarateuthis walkeri Green p. 993 figs. text fig. 1, 2
2010Enchoteuthis melanae Larson p. 97 figs. 10-14
2019Enchoteuthis melanae Fuchs et al. p. 75 fig. 16A,B

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
RankNameAuthor
Neocoleoidea
superorderVampyropodavon Boletzky 1992
orderOctobrachia(Fiorini 1981)
orderOctopodaLeach 1818
suborderTeudopseina(Storabogatov 1983)
superfamilyMuensterelloideaRoger 1952
familyEnchoteuthidae()
genusEnchoteuthis
speciesmelanae

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.

Enchoteuthis melanae Miller and Walker 1968
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Invalid names: Kansasteuthis lindneri Miller and Walker 1968 [synonym], Niobrarateuthis walkeri Green 1977 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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