Biology:Mesoteuthis

Mesoteuthis; Temporal range: Early Jurassic to Middle Jurassic, Toarcian–Bajocian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
(unranked):	Belemnoidea
Genus:	Mesoteuthis

Mesoteuthis is a genus of belemnite, an extinct group of cephalopods.^[1]

Taxonomical history

A belemnite originally described as Cylindroteuthis confessa has been re-described as Mesoteuthis soloniensis.^[2]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Cephalopoda entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 363: 1–560. http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=231&rank=class. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
↑ Dzyuba, O. S.; Nalnyaeva, T. I. (May 2011). "New species of Early Bajocian Megateuthididae (Belemnitida) from the Pacific coast of Russia". Paleontological Journal 45 (3): 260–265. doi:10.1134/S0031030111030051.

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