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
D. tricarinata fossil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Family: Plesioteuthididae
Genus: Dorateuthis
Woodward, 1883
Species:
D. syrica
Binomial name
Dorateuthis syrica
Woodward, 1883
Illustration of D. syrica

References edit

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.

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