Pachyteuthis

Pachyteuthis
Temporal range:
Fossil of P. densus from the Swift Formation
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: †Belemnitida
Genus: †Pachyteuthis
Bayle, 1878
Type species
†Pachyteuthis densus
(Meek & Hayden, 1858)

Pachyteuthis is a genus of belemnites 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 Pachyteuthis densus.

References

  1. ↑ Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 162)
  2. ↑ Pachyteuthis in the Paleobiology Database
This page is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.