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Teuthida
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| Rank | order (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Teuthida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Common Name | squid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 37 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 6 (16%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 242 - 235 Ma Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | fast-moving (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Glochinomorphina ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Prototeuthina ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 183 Ma Early Jurassic | 183 Ma Early Jurassic | |
| Plesioteuthididae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Berryteuthis genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Dorateuthis ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Dosidicus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Geopeltis ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Geoteuthinus ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Glyphiteuthis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Jeletzkyteuthis ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Kelaeno ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Leptoteuthis ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Libanoteuthis ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Listroteuthis ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
 Loligogenus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Maioteuthis ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Mastigophora ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Onykia genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Necroteuthis ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Neololigosepia ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Parabelopeltis ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Paraplesioteuthis ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Parateudopsis ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Plesioteuthis ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 156 Ma Jurassic | 156 Ma Jurassic | |
| Romaniteuthis ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Styloteuthis ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Sthenoteuthis genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Teudopsis ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Trachyteuthis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 156 Ma Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Triadoteuthis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | 242 Ma Middle Triassic |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1916 | Teuthida Naef |
| 1987 | Teuthida Nicholls and Isaak p. 730 |
| 1994 | Teuthida Doyle et al. p. 6 |
| 2001 | Teuthida Wells and Houston p. 137 |
| 2002 | Teuthida Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
