Phragmoteuthis

Phragmoteuthis
Temporal range: Late Triassic – Early Jurassic
Specimen of P. bisinuata
Reconstruction of P. polzbergensis and P. bisinuata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: †Phragmoteuthida
Family: †Phragmoteuthidae
Genus: †Phragmoteuthis
Mojsisovics, 1882
Species
  • P. bisinuata (Bronn, 1859)
  • P. huxleyi Donovan, 2006
  • ?P. ticinensis Rieber, 1970
  • P. polzbergensis Lukeneder et al. 2024
Synonyms
  • Acanthoteuthis bisinuata Bronn, 1859

Phragmoteuthis is a genus of extinct coleoid cephalopod known from the late Triassic[1] to the lower Jurassic.[2] Its soft tissue has been preserved; some specimens contain intact ink sacs.[1] It had an internal phragmocone[1] and ten arms.[3][4][5]

Previously described species, P. conocauda and P. montefiorei got their own genus, Clarkeiteuthis.[5]

  1. ^ a b c Doguzhaeva, L.; Summesberger, H.; Mutvei, H.; Brandstaetter, F. (2007). "The mantle, ink sac, ink, arm hooks and soft body debris associated with the shells in Late Triassic coleoid cephalopod Phragmoteuthis from the Austrian Alps". Palaeoworld. 16 (4): 272–284. doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2007.08.002.
  2. ^ Mutvei, H.; Donovan, D.T. (2006). "Siphuncular structure in some fossil coleoids and Recent Spirula". Palaeontology. 49 (3): 685–691. Bibcode:2006Palgy..49..685M. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00533.x.
  3. ^ Lukeneder, Petra; Fuchs, Dirk; Lukeneder, Alexander (2024-05-22). "Morphology, taxonomy and trophic interactions of rostrum-less coleoids from the Late Triassic Polzberg Konservat-Lagerstätte (Lower Austria)". Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. 143 (1): 21. doi:10.1186/s13358-024-00319-4. ISSN 1664-2384.
  4. ^ Donovan, D.T. (2006). "Phragmoteuthida (Cephalopoda: Coleoidea) from the Lower Jurassic of Dorset, England". Palaeontology. 49 (3): 673–684. Bibcode:2006Palgy..49..673D. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00552.x.
  5. ^ a b 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.