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Clarkeiteuthis conocauda

Cephalopoda - Diplobelida - Chondroteuthidae

Taxonomy
Onychoteuthis conocauda was named by Quenstedt (1849). It is not extant. Its type specimen is GPIT/18/36/6. Its type locality is Onychoteuthis conocauda type locality, Paltum subzone, Posidonia, which is in a Toarcian offshore shale in the Posidonia Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Clarkeiteuthis.

It was recombined as Acanthoteuthis conocauda by Quenstedt (1922); it was recombined as Phragmoteuthis conocauda by Riegraf and Reitner (1979), Riegraf et al. (1984), Reitner and Mehl (1989), Urlichs et al. (1994), Riegraf (1996), Reitner (2009) and Fuchs et al. (2013); it was recombined as Clarkeiteuthis conocauda by Fuchs et al. (2013) and Fuchs (2019).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Onychoteuthis conocauda Quenstedt pp. 529, 550 figs. pl. 36, figs. 6, 8, 14
1855Onychoteuthis conocauda Quenstedt and Terquem p. 19
1920Onychoteuthis conocauda Terquem and von Bulow-Trummer p. 267
1922Acanthoteuthis conocauda Quenstedt pp. 179, 189 fig. 68h
1977Odontobelus tripartitus Rietschel p. 122 fig. 2
1979Phragmoteuthis conocauda Riegraf and Reitner p. 297 figs. 8a, 10
1984Phragmoteuthis conocauda Riegraf et al. p. 37 figs. pl. 10, fig. 11, text-figs. 9c, 43c-3
1989Phragmoteuthis conocauda Reitner and Mehl p. 4 fig. 1
1994Phragmoteuthis conocauda Urlichs et al. p. 60 fig. right
1996Phragmoteuthis conocauda Riegraf p. 7 fig. 4
2009Phragmoteuthis conocauda Reitner figs. 1-3
2013Clarkeiteuthis conocauda Fuchs et al. p. 246
2013Phragmoteuthis conocauda Fuchs et al. p. 5 fig. 5c
2019Clarkeiteuthis conocauda Fuchs p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderDiplobelidaJeletzky 1965
familyChondroteuthidae(Jeletzky 1965)
genusClarkeiteuthis
speciesconocauda(Quenstedt 1849)

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.

Clarkeiteuthis conocauda Quenstedt 1849
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Invalid names: Odontobelus tripartitus Rietschel 1977 [synonym]
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: Early/Lower Toarcian or 183.00000 to 182.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany Onychoteuthis conocauda (type locality: 210060)