Pachyteuthis
Pachyteuthis Temporal range: Early Jurassic–Early Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Fossil of P. densus from the Swift Formation | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
(unranked): | †Belemnoidea |
Genus: | †Pachyteuthis Bayle, 1878 |
Binomial name | |
†Pachyteuthis densus (Meek & Hayden, 1858) |
Pachyteuthis is a genus of belemnite that lived from the Early Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous,[1] and has been found in Asia, Europe and North America.[2] The type species is P. densus.
Sources
- ^ Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 162)
- ^ Pachyteuthis in the Paleobiology Database
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