Dorateuthis is a genus of cephalopod with a gladius and soft-part anatomy preserved.[1][2] Fossils of D. syriaca are found in Upper Santonian-aged shale of Late Cretaceous Lebanon.
Dorateuthis Temporal range: Late Santonian
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D. tricarinata fossil | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Family: | †Plesioteuthididae |
Genus: | †Dorateuthis Woodward, 1883 |
Species: | †D. syrica
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Binomial name | |
†Dorateuthis syrica Woodward, 1883
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References
edit- ^ Woodward, H. (2009). "I.—On a New Genus of Fossil "Calamary," from the Cretaceous Formation of Sahel Alma, near Beirût, Lebanon, Syria". Geological Magazine. 10: 1. doi:10.1017/S0016756800159667.
- ^ Alexander Lukeneder; Mathias Harzhauser (2004). "The Cretaceous coleoid Dorateuthis syriaca WOODWARD: morphology, feeding habits and phylogenetic implications" (PDF). Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien. 106. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-04. Retrieved 2011-02-23.
External links
edit- Image: "Prototeuthidina".