Phragmoteuthis Explained

Phragmoteuthis is a genus of extinct coleoid cephalopod known from the late Triassic^[1] to the lower Jurassic.^[2] Its soft tissue has been preserved; some specimens contain intact ink sacs.^[1] It had an internal phragmocone^[1] and ten arms.^{[3] [4]}

Previously described species, P. conocauda and P. montefiorei got their own genus, Clarkeiteuthis.^[5]

Notes and References

1. L.. H.. H.. F.. The mantle, ink sac, ink, arm hooks and soft body debris associated with the shells in Late Triassic coleoid cephalopod Phragmoteuthis from the Austrian Alps. Doguzhaeva. Palaeoworld. 16. 4. 272–284. 2007. 10.1016/j.palwor.2007.08.002. Summesberger. Mutvei. Brandstaetter .
2. H. . Mutvei . D.T. . Donovan . 2006 . Siphuncular structure in some fossil coleoids and Recent Spirula . Palaeontology . 49 . 3 . 685–691 . 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00533.x. free . 2006Palgy..49..685M .
3. Lukeneder . Petra . Fuchs . Dirk . Lukeneder . Alexander . 2024-05-22 . Morphology, taxonomy and trophic interactions of rostrum-less coleoids from the Late Triassic Polzberg Konservat-Lagerstätte (Lower Austria) . Swiss Journal of Palaeontology . 143 . 1 . 21 . 10.1186/s13358-024-00319-4 . free . 1664-2384.
4. D.T. . Donovan . 2006 . Phragmoteuthida (Cephalopoda: Coleoidea) from the Lower Jurassic of Dorset, England . Palaeontology . 49 . 3 . 673–684 . 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00552.x. free . 2006Palgy..49..673D .
5. Fuchs . Dirk . Donovan . Desmond T. . Keupp . Helmut . 2013-12-01 . Taxonomic revision of ?Onychoteuthis? conocauda Quenstedt, 1849 (Cephalopoda: Coleoidea) . Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen . 270 . 3 . en . 245–255 . 10.1127/0077-7749/2013/0368.