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Mesoteuthoidea ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | superfamily (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Mesoteuthoidea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 89.8 - 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | H. W. Miller. 1957. Niobarateuthis bonneri, a new genus and species of squid from the Niobara Formation of Kansas. Journal of Paleontology 31(4):809-814 |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Beloteuthidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Kelaenidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 89.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1921 | Mesoteuthoidea Naef |
2003 | Mesoteuthoidea Kiessling |
References
Miller H. W. (1957) Niobarateuthis bonneri, a new genus and species of squid from the Niobara Formation of Kansas, Journal of Paleontology 31 4, 809-814 |
Kiessling W. (2003) Personal data |
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!