Trachyteuthis

Trachyteuthis is a genus of fossil cephalopod, comprising five species: T. hastiformis, T. latipinnis, T. nusplingensis, T. teudopsiformis,[2] T. covacevichi[3] and T. chilensis.[1]

Trachyteuthis
Temporal range:
Reconstruction of Trachyteuthis hastiformis
Trachyteuthis hastiformis, Jura Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Coleoidea
Superorder:
Octopodiformes
Order:
incertae sedis
Family:
Trachyteuthididae

Naef, 1922
Subfamily:
Trachyteuthidinae

Naef, 1921
Genus:
Trachyteuthis

Meyer, 1846
Species
  • T. chilensis
    Riccardi, 2016[1]
  • T. covacevichi
    Fuchs, 2008
  • T. hastiformis
    (Rüppel, 1828)
  • T. latipinnis
    (Owen, 1855)
  • T. nusplingensis
    Fuchs, 2007
  • T. teudopsiformis
    Fuchs, 2007

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of Trachyteuthis is uncertain. Though often assigned to the order Vampyromorphida, the discovery of fossilised Trachyteuthis beaks in the Upper Jurassic limestone of Germany suggests a close phylogenetic relation to the Octopoda.[4][5] It is clear that it does at least belong in the Coleoidea.[2] It is thought to be very closely related to Teudopsis.[3]

Distribution

Fossils are scarce but have been reported from the Kimmeridge clay of the UK; the Solnhofen limestone of Germany, Jurassic deposits in Antarctica,[6] and Oxfordian deposits in Chile.[3]

History
Fossilised gladius structure of T. hastiformis

First described in 1773 as the remnants of a fish, Trachyteuthis was considered comparable to a Sepia cuttlebone by Rüppell in 1829. A separate genus was erected for the material in 1846 by Meyer.[2] English material discovered in 1855 was termed Coccoteuthis latipinnis; this was later synonymised with the identical Solnhofen deposits. A 2007 survey of museum collection established that there were ground for the erection of three species within the genus.[2]

References
  1. Alberto C. Riccardi (2016). "Callovian and Oxfordian (Jurassic) teuthids (Coleoidea, Cephalopoda) from Chile". Journal of Paleontology. 90 (5): 910–922. doi:10.1017/jpa.2016.110.
  2. Fuchs, D.; Engeser, T.; Keupp, H. (2007). "Gladius shape variation in coleoid cephalopod Trachyteuthis from the Upper Jurassic Nusplingen and Solnhofen Plattenkalks" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 52 (3): 575–589. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-03-23.
  3. Fuchs, D.; Schultze, H.-P. (2008). "Trachyteuthis covacevichin. Sp., a Late Jurassic Palaeopacific coleoid cephalopod". Fossil Record. 11 (1): 39. doi:10.1002/mmng.200700012.
  4. Klug, C.; Schweigert, G.; Dietl, G.; Fuchs, D. (2005). "Coleoid beaks from the nusplingen Lithographic Limestone (Upper Kimmeridgian, SW Germany)". Lethaia. 38 (3): 173. doi:10.1080/00241160510013303.
  5. Fischer, J.; Riou, B. (2002). "Vampyronassa rhodanica nov. gen. nov sp., vampyromorphe (Cephalopoda, Coleoidea) du Callovien inférieur de la Voulte-sur-Rhône (Ardèche, France)". Annales de Paléontologie. 88 (1): 1. doi:10.1016/S0753-3969(02)01037-6.
  6. Doyle, P. (1991). "Teuthid cephalopods from the Upper Jurassic of Antarctica" (PDF). Palaeontology. 34 (1): 169–178. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-24.
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