Open AccessEromangateuthis n. gen., a new genus for a late Albian gladius-bearing giant octobrachian (Cephalopoda: Coleoidea)
Author(s) -
Dirk Fuchs
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
paleontological contributions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1946-0279
DOI - 10.17161/1808.29619
Subject(s) - genus , paleontology , geology , biology , zoology
A comparative analysis shows that the gladius morphology of Boreopeltis helgolandiae Engeser & Reitner, 1985 (Aptian), the type species of Boreopeltis Engeser & Reitner, 1985, Boreopeltis sagittata (Naef, 1921) (Tithonian), and Boreopeltis smithi Fuchs & Larson, 2011 (Cenomanian) is fundamentally different from Boreopeltis soniae Wade, 1993 (Aptian). I therefore propose Eromangateuthis n. gen. in order to accommodate Eromangateuthis soniae (Wade, 1993).
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