Biology:Eromangateuthis

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Short description: Genus of Cretaceous cephalopods


Eromangateuthis
Temporal range: Albian (possible Campanian record)
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Eromangateuthis

Fuchs, 2019[1]
Species:
Eromangateuthis soniae

(Wade, 1993)[2]
Synonyms

Eromangateuthis is an extinct genus of large plesioteuthidid cephalopod from the Cretaceous of Australia and possibly Canada .

Description

Eromangateuthis soniae is known from several gladii found in the Allaru Formation of Queensland[1][2] and a potential gladius from the Northumberland Formation of British Columbia.[3] It was originally described in 1993 as Boreopeltis soniae,[2] but was moved to its own genus in 2019 based on multiple differences between it and the type species of Boreopeltis.[1] The generic name is derived from the Eromanga Basin in which it was discovered and the Ancient Greek teuthís (τευθίς, 'squid').[1] One gladius suggests it had a mantle length of 1.2 meters.[1] This makes Eromangateuthis the largest known plesioteuthidid, with a mantle length over twice as long as the second largest, Boreopeltis ifrimae.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Fuchs, D. (2019). "Eromangateuthis n. gen., a new genus for a late Albian gladius-bearing giant octobrachian (Cephalopoda: Coleoidea)". Paleontological Contributions 21: 1–3. doi:10.17161/1808.29619. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Wade, M. (1993). "New Kelaenida and Vampyromorpha: Cretaceous squid from Queensland". Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 15: 353–374. 
  3. Fuchs, D.; Beard, G.; Tanabe, K.; Ross, R. (2007). "Coleoid cephalopods from the Late Cretaceous north eastern Pacific". Seventh International Symposium 'Cephalopods - Present & Past'. Abstracts Volume. Sapporo, Japan: Hokkaido University. pp. 131. http://mmtk.ginras.ru/pdf/Cephalopod%20Symposium%202007_ISCPP7AbstractVolume.pdf. 
  4. Fuchs, D.; Stinnesbeck, W. (2021). "Large-sized gladius-bearing octobrachians (coleoid cephalopods) in the Turonian plattenkalk of Vallecillo, Mexico". Cretaceous Research 127: 104949. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104949. 

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