Biology:Dorateuthis

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Short description: Extinct genus of molluscs

Dorateuthis
Temporal range: Late Santonian
Dorateuthis tricarinata 43.jpg
D. tricarinata fossil
Scientific classification edit
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

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.

References

  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". Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 106. http://193.170.196.75/Content.Node/forschung/geologie/mitarbeiter/pdfs/Lukeneder_%20Harzhauser_2004_ANHM.pdf. Retrieved 2011-02-23. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5297536 entry