Haboroteuthis
Haboroteuthis is an extinct genus of squid that lived during the Cretaceous period. The only species that has been classified in the genius is H. poseidon.[2]
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| Haboroteuthis poseidon, holotype, a lower jaw. Frontal (A), left lateral (B), dorsal (C), and right lateral (D) views | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Teuthida |
| (unranked): | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Haboroteuthis Kazushige Tanabe, Akihiro Misaki, and Takao Ubukata 2015[1] |
References
- Tanabe, Kazushige; Misaki, Akihiro; Ubukata, Takao (2015). "Late Cretaceous record of large soft-bodied coleoids based on lower jaw remains from Hokkaido, Japan" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 60 (1): 27–38. doi:10.4202/app.00052.2013. ISSN 0567-7920. OCLC 5789669966. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
- Kazushige, Tanabe (March 10, 2015). "Newfound Fossil Octopus and Squid Were Giants". nationalgeographic.com. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
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