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Enchoteuthis cobbani
Taxonomy
Tusoteuthis cobbani was named by Larson (2010). Its type specimen is BHI 4138 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cheyenne River, near Wasta, which is in a Campanian offshore shale in the Pierre Shale Formation of South Dakota.
It was recombined as Enchoteuthis cobbani by Fuchs et al. (2019).
It was recombined as Enchoteuthis cobbani by Fuchs et al. (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2010 | Tusoteuthis cobbani Larson p. 106 figs. 18A-D |
| 2019 | Enchoteuthis cobbani Fuchs et al. p. 76 fig. 1D |
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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.
†Enchoteuthis cobbani Larson 2010
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 85.80000 to 70.60000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Santonian | USA (Kansas) | Enchoteuthis cobbani (212995) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (South Dakota) | Tusoteuthis cobbani (212993 212994) | |
| Middle Campanian | USA (Wyoming) | Enchoteuthis melanae (212996) |