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Rhopaloteuthis

Cephalopoda - Belemnitida

Taxonomy
Rhopaloteuthis is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Belemnitida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Rhopaloteuthis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
superfamilyBelemnoideaHyatt 1884
orderBelemnitidaZittel 1895
genusRhopaloteuthis

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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†Rhopaloteuthis aenigmatica d'Orbigny 1843
†Rhopaloteuthis bzoviensis Zeuschner 1869
†Rhopaloteuthis sauvanausa d'Orbigny 1843
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:38:11
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:04:16
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Oxfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 163.50000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Poland Belemnites bzoviensis (91907)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Madagascar (Sofia) Belemnites sauvanausus (199158)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Iran R. sauvanausa (132058)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France R. gemmellaroi (11911)