Cylindroteuthis

Cylindroteuthis
Temporal range: Early Jurassic–Early Cretaceous[1]
Guard of C. puzosi, University of Michigan Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
(unranked):
Belemnoidea
Order:
†Belemnitida
Genus:
†Cylindroteuthis

Bayle, 1879[2]

Cylindroteuthis is a genus of belemnite that lived from the Early Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous. Its fossils have been found in Asia, Europe, North America, and New Zealand.

  1. ^ Palmer, Douglas; et al. (2009). Prehistoric Life: The Definitive Visual History of Life on Earth (1st American ed.). New York: Dorling Kindersley. p. 238. ISBN 978-0-7566-5573-0.
  2. ^ Scudder, Samuel Hubbard (1882). Nomenclator zoologicus: An alphabetical list of all generic names that have been employed by naturalists for recent and fossil animals from the earliest times to the close of the year 1879 (Google eBook). Washington: Government printing office. p. 96. Retrieved January 31, 2024.