Leptoteuthis

Leptoteuthis is a monospecific genus of cephalopod known primarily from gladii, with soft parts often preserved in the German Solnholfen limestone.[1]

Leptoteuthis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Vampyromorphida
Suborder: Loligosepiina
Family: Leptoteuthididae
Genus: Leptoteuthis
Species:
L. gigas
Binomial name
Leptoteuthis gigas
Meyer, 1834

References

  1. Fuchs, D. (2007). "Coleoid cephalopods from the plattenkalks of the Upper Jurassic of Southern Germany and from the Upper Cretaceous of Lebanon – A faunal comparison". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 245: 59–69. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2007/0245-0059.


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