Pachyteuthis
| Pachyteuthis Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
_(Swift_Formation,_Jurassic;_Carbon_County,_Montana,_USA)_1_(49075434606).jpg) | |
| Fossil of P. densus from the Swift Formation | |
Scientific 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
[edit]- ↑ Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 162)
- ↑ Pachyteuthis in the Paleobiology Database
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