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Megateuthididae

Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Megateuthididae

Taxonomy
Megateuthididae was named by Sachs and Nalnjaeva (1967).

It was assigned to Belemnitina by Pinard et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Megateuthididae Sachs and Nalnjaeva
2014Megateuthididae Pinard et al. p. 163

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
superfamilyBelemnoideaHyatt 1884
orderBelemnitidaZittel 1895
suborderBelemnitinaZittel 1895
familyMegateuthididaeSachs and Nalnjaeva 1967
familyMegateuthididaeSachs and Nalnjaeva 1967

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.

Fm. †Megateuthididae Sachs and Nalnjaeva 1967
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Subg. †Acrocoelites (Acrocoelites) Lissajous 1915
Acrocoelites bobeti Lissajous 1927
Acrocoelites brevisulcatus Quenstedt 1848
Acrocoelites conoideus Oppel 1856
Acrocoelites ilminstrensis Phillips 1867
Acrocoelites levidensis Simpson 1855
Acrocoelites oxyconus Hehl 1831
Acrocoelites pyramidalis Munster 1831
Acrocoelites riegrafi Doyle 1992
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Invalid names: Belemnites longiconus Schwegler 1969 [replaced]
Acrocoelites rostriformis Theodori 1837
Acrocoelites subtenuis Simpson 1855
Acrocoelites tripartitus von Schlotheim 1820
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Invalid names: Mesoteuthis banzensis Kolb 1942 [synonym]
Acrocoelites vulgaris Young and Bird 1822
G. †Chuvashiteuthis Ippolitov et al. 2017
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Chuvashiteuthis aenigmatica Ippolitov et al. 2017
G. †Cuspiteuthis Abel 1916
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Cuspiteuthis acuaria von Schlotheim 1820
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Invalid names: Youngibelus ohmdenensis Schlegelmilch 1998 [synonym]
Cuspiteuthis tubularis Young and Bird 1822
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Dactyloteuthis digitalis Blainville 1827
Dactyloteuthis incurvata Zieten 1831
Dactyloteuthis irregularis von Schlotheim 1813
Dactyloteuthis semistriata Muenster 1830
Dactyloteuthis similis von Seebach 1864
Dactyloteuthis wrighti Oppel 1856
G. †Megateuthis Bayle 1878
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Megateuthis gigantea Schlotheim 1813
G. †Paramegateuthis Gustomesov 1960
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Paramegateuthis nescia Nalnjaeva 1988
Paramegateuthis ovata de Lagausie and Dzyuba 2018
Paramegateuthis subishmensis Stoyanova-Vergilova 1983
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available