Pachyteuthis
| Pachyteuthis Temporal range:
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| Fossil of P. densus from the Swift Formation
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| Phylum: | Mollusca |
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| Genus: | †Pachyteuthis Bayle, 1878
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| †Pachyteuthis densus (Meek & Hayden, 1858)
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Pachyteuthis is a
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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