Niobrarateuthis
| Niobrarateuthis Temporal range: Cretaceous | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | †Muensterellidae |
| Genus: | † Walker, 1957 |
| Type species | |
| Niobrarateuthis bonneri Walker, 1957 | |
| Other species | |
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Niobrarateuthis is an extinct genus of large cephalopod from the Cretaceous. It is closely related to the Cretaceous Tusoteuthis and the Jurassic Muensterella.[1]
See also
References
- ^ Fuchs, D.; Reitano, A.; Insacco, G.; Iba, Y. (2016). "The first coleoid cephalopods from the Upper Cenomanian of Sicily (Italy) and their implications for the systematic-phylogenetic position of the Palaeololiginidae (Teudopseina)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 15 (6): 499–512. doi:10.1080/14772019.2016.1199055.