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Rhomboteuthis

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Rhomboteuthis
Temporal range: Lower Callovian
Rhomboteuthis lehmani specimen
LPMP–R.3758 and restoration showing position of ink sac and gladius.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Family: Plesioteuthididae
Genus: Rhomboteuthis
Fischer & Riou, 1982
Species

Rhomboteuthis is an extinct species of squid, with Rhomboteuthis lehmani currently being the only described member of the genus. Rhomboteuthis is known from during the Mid-Jurassic of Voulte-sur-Rhône, Ardèche, France.

References

  • Fischer, J.-C. & B. Riou 1982. Les teuthoïdes (Cephalopoda, Dibranchiata) du Callovien inférieur de la Voulte-sur-Rhône (Ardèche, France). Annales de Paléontologie 68(4): 295–325.
  • Fischer, J.-C. 2003. Invertébrés remarquables du Callovien inférieur de la Voulte-sur-Rhône (Ardèche, France). Annales de Paléontologie 89: 223–252.