Phragmoteuthis

<i>Phragmoteuthis</i>

Phragmoteuthis

Extinct genus of molluscs

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]

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

References

  1. [1]
    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. [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. [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. [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. [5]
    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.


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