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Palaeololigo

Cephalopoda - Octobrachia - Palaeololiginidae

Taxonomy
Palaeololigo was named by Naef (1921) [Sepkoski's age data: J Kimm-l K Sant-u Sepkoski's reference number: 307]. It is the type genus of Palaeololiginidae.

It was assigned to Beloteuthidae by Kretzoi (1942); to Teuthida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Palaeololiginidae by Miller (1957), Jeletzky (1966) and Fuchs et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Palaeololigo Naef
1942Palaeololigo Kretzoi p. 134
1957Palaeololigo Miller p. 809
1966Palaeololigo Jeletzky p. 45
2002Palaeololigo Sepkoski
2017Palaeololigo Fuchs et al. p. 501

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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)
orderOctopodaLeach 1818
suborderTeudopseina(Storabogatov 1983)
familyPalaeololiginidaeNaef 1922
genusPalaeololigoNaef 1921

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. †Palaeololigo Naef 1921
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available