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Pavloviteuthis cantiana

Cephalopoda - Diplobelida - Diplobelidae

Taxonomy
Conoteuthis cantiana was named by Spath (1939). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East-ware Bay, Folkestone, which is in an Albian marine siliciclastic in the Gault Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Pavloviteuthis cantiana by Jeletzky (1981) and Fuchs (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Conoteuthis cantiana Spath
1981Pavloviteuthis cantiana Jeletzky p. 128 figs. Pl 22, figs 1A-K; pl 23, figs 1A-F; pl 25, fig 5; text-figs 6-9
2019Pavloviteuthis cantiana Fuchs p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderDiplobelidaJeletzky 1965
familyDiplobelidaeNaef 1926
genusPavloviteuthis
speciescantiana(Spath 1939)

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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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: Albian or 113.00000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Conoteuthis sp. (213117)