Rhomboteuthis lehmani Temporal range: Lower Callovian
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Rhomboteuthis lehmani specimen LPMP–R.3758 and restoration showing position of ink sac and gladius. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Family: | †Plesioteuthididae |
Genus: | †Rhomboteuthis |
Species: | †R. lehmani
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Binomial name | |
†Rhomboteuthis lehmani |
Rhomboteuthis lehmani is an extinct species of squid, currently the only described member of its genus. R. lehmani is known from the Lower Callovian (165–164 Ma) of Voulte-sur-Rhône, Ardèche, France.
Radiography was used to locate the position of the ink sac and gladius (pen) of the pictured specimen.