| Eromangateuthis Temporal range:
| |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Phylum: | |
| Class: | |
| Superorder: | |
| Suborder: | †Prototeuthidina
|
| Family: | |
| Genus: | †Eromangateuthis Fuchs, 2019[1]
|
| Species: | †Eromangateuthis soniae (Wade, 1993)[2]
|
| Synonyms | |
| |
Eromangateuthis is an extinct genus of large plesioteuthidid cephalopod from the Cretaceous of Australia and possibly Canada.
Description[edit]
Eromangateuthis soniae is known from several gladii found in the Allaru Formation of Queensland[1][2] and a potential gladius from the Northumberland Formation of British Columbia.[3] It was originally described in 1993 as Boreopeltis soniae,[2] but was moved to its own genus in 2019 based on multiple differences between it and the type species of Boreopeltis.[1] The generic name is derived from the Eromanga Basin in which it was discovered and the Ancient Greek teuthís (τευθίς, 'squid').[1] One gladius suggests it had a mantle length of 1.2 meters.[1] This makes Eromangateuthis the largest known plesioteuthidid, with a mantle length over twice as long as the second largest, Boreopeltis ifrimae.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e Fuchs, D. (2019). "Eromangateuthis n. gen., a new genus for a late Albian gladius-bearing giant octobrachian (Cephalopoda: Coleoidea)". Paleontological Contributions. 21: 1–3. doi:10.17161/1808.29619.
- ^ a b c Wade, M. (1993). "New Kelaenida and Vampyromorpha: Cretaceous squid from Queensland". Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists. 15: 353–374.
- ^ Fuchs, D.; Beard, G.; Tanabe, K.; Ross, R. (2007). "Coleoid cephalopods from the Late Cretaceous north eastern Pacific". Seventh International Symposium 'Cephalopods - Present & Past'. Abstracts Volume (PDF). Sapporo, Japan: Hokkaido University. p. 131.
- ^ Fuchs, D.; Stinnesbeck, W. (2021). "Large-sized gladius-bearing octobrachians (coleoid cephalopods) in the Turonian plattenkalk of Vallecillo, Mexico". Cretaceous Research. 127: 104949. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104949.