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Oegopsina

Cephalopoda - Teuthida

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Oegopsina d'Orbigny
2005Oegopsina Boyle and Rodhouse p. 343
2006Oegopsina Tanabe et al. p. 142

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
superorderDecabrachiaBoettger 1952
orderTeuthidaNaef 1916
suborderOegopsinad'Orbigny 1845
suborderOegopsinad'Orbigny 1845

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.

Subor. Oegopsina d'Orbigny 1845
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G. †Yezoteuthis Tanabe et al. 2006
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Yezoteuthis giganteus Tanabe et al. 2006
Invalid names: Ancistrocheiridae Pfeffer 1912 [empty], Architeuthidae Pfeffer 1900 [empty], Bathyteuthidae Pfeffer 1912 [empty], Batoteuthidae Young and Roper 1968 [empty], Brachioteuthidae Pfeffer 1908 [empty], Chiroteuthidae Gray 1849 [empty], Chtenopterygidae Grimpe 1922 [empty], Cranchiidae Gray 1849 [empty], Cycloteuthidae Naef 1923 [empty], Enoploteuthidae Chun 1910 [empty], Gonatidae Hoyle 1886 [empty], Histioteuthidae Verril 1881 [empty], Jobiniteuthidae Naef 1922 [empty], Lepidoteuthidae Pfeffer 1912 [empty], Lycoteuthidae [empty], Magnapinnidae Vecchione and Young 1998 [empty], Mastigoteuthidae Verrill 1881 [empty], Neotheuthidae Naef 1921 [empty], Octopoteuthidae Berry 1912 [empty], Ommastrephidae Steenstrup 1857 [empty], Onychoteuthidae Gray 1849 [empty], Promachoteuthidae Naef 1912 [empty], Pyroteuthidae Pfeffer 1912 [empty], Thysanoteuthidae Kefferstein 1866 [empty], Walvisteuthidae Nlesis and Nikitina 1986 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:31:37
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:31:37
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Early/Lower Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Japan Yezoteuthis giganteus (212860)