Biology:Leptoteuthis
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Short description: Extinct genus of molluscs
| Leptoteuthis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Vampyromorphida |
| Suborder: | †Loligosepiina |
| Family: | †Leptotheuthidae |
| Genus: | †Leptotheuthis |
| Species: | †L. gigas
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| Binomial name | |
| †Leptoteuthis gigas Meyer, 1834
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Leptoteuthis is a monospecific genus of cephalopod known primarily from gladii, with soft parts often preserved in the German Solnholfen limestone.[1]
References
- ↑ Fuchs, D. (2007). "Coleoid cephalopods from the plattenkalks of the Upper Jurassic of Southern Germany and from the Upper Cretaceous of Lebanon – A faunal comparison". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 245: 59–69. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2007/0245-0059.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q6528566 entry
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