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Conoteuthis

Cephalopoda - Diplobelida - Diplobelidae

Taxonomy
Conoteuthis was named as a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Conoteuthis dupiniana.

It was reranked as Belemnoteuthis (Conoteuthis) by Anderson (1938).

It was assigned to Belemnoteuthis by Anderson (1938); to Belemnitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Diplobelidae by Jeletzky (1966), Jeletzky (1981), Fuchs and Niko (2010), Fuchs (2012), Lehmann et al. (2016) and Fuchs (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Belemnoteuthis (Conoteuthis) Anderson p. 231
1966Conoteuthis Jeletzky p. 151
1981Conoteuthis Jeletzky p. 122
2002Conoteuthis Sepkoski
2010Conoteuthis Fuchs and Niko p. 171
2012Conoteuthis Fuchs p. 201
2016Conoteuthis Lehmann et al. p. 483
2019Conoteuthis Fuchs p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderDiplobelidaJeletzky 1965
familyDiplobelidaeNaef 1926
genusConoteuthis

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.

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Conoteuthis dupinianus d'Orbigny 1842
Conoteuthis hayakawai Fuchs and Niko 2010
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 Hauterivian to the top of the Middle Turonian or 132.90000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4USA (California) Belemnoteuthis pacifica (83591)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0United Kingdom (England) C. sp., C. dupiniana (1747)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46United Kingdom (England) C. dupiniana (171903)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46France C. dupiniana (180753 213118 213119)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Germany C. dupiniana (183539)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Japan C. hayakawai (212909)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Japan C. hayakawai (212913 212914)