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Dorateuthis

Cephalopoda - Octobrachia - Plesioteuthidae

Taxonomy
Dorateuthis was named by Woodward (1883) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sant-u Sepkoski's reference number: 307]. It is not extant. Its type is Dorateuthis syriaca.

It was assigned to Leptoteuthididae by Jeletzky (1966); to Teuthida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Plesioteuthididae by Fuchs (2006), Fuchs and Larson (2011) and Jattiot et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Dorateuthis Woodward
1966Dorateuthis Jeletzky p. 45
2002Dorateuthis Sepkoski
2006Dorateuthis Fuchs p. 6
2011Dorateuthis Fuchs and Larson p. 236
2015Dorateuthis Jattiot et al. p. 151

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
Neocoleoidea
superorderVampyropodavon Boletzky 1992
orderOctobrachia(Fiorini 1981)
suborderPrototeuthinaNaef 1921
familyPlesioteuthidae(Naef 1921)
genusDorateuthisWoodward 1883

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.

G. †Dorateuthis Woodward 1883
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Dorateuthis syriaca Woodward 1883
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Invalid names: Curculionites senonicus Kolbe 1888 [synonym], Geophilus senonicus Kolbe 1888 [synonym], Sepialites sahilalmae Naef 1922 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available