Clarkeiteuthis

Clarkeiteuthis
Temporal range: Hettangian to Toarcian Hettangian–180
Fossil of Clarkeiteuthis conocauda preying on Leptolepis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: †Diplobelida
Genus: †Clarkeiteuthis
Dirk et al. 2013
Species
  • C. conocauda Quenstedt, 1849
  • C. montefiorei Buckman, 1880
Synonyms

Synonyms of C. conocauda

Synonyms of C. montefiorei

  • Belemnoteuthis montefiorei Buckman, 1880
  • Acanthoteuthis montefiorei (Buckman, 1880)
  • Phragmoteuthis montefiorei (Buckman, 1880)

Clarkeiteuthis is a genus of extinct belemnoid cephalopod known from the lower Jurassic in Germany and England. Described two species, C. conocauda and C. montefiorei are originally described as species of phragmoteuthid Phragmoteuthis, but got their own genus and moved to Diplobelida.[1]

  1. ^ Fuchs, Dirk; Donovan, Desmond T.; Keupp, Helmut (2013-12-01). "Taxonomic revision of ?Onychoteuthis? conocauda Quenstedt, 1849 (Cephalopoda: Coleoidea)". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 270 (3): 245–255. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2013/0368.