Pachyteuthis
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| Pachyteuthis Temporal range:
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| File:Pachyteuthis densus (fossil belemnite) (Swift Formation, Jurassic; Carbon County, Montana, USA) 1 (49075434606).jpg | |
| Fossil of P. densus from the Swift Formation | |
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| Genus: | †Pachyteuthis Bayle, 1878
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| †Pachyteuthis densus (Meek & Hayden, 1858)
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Pachyteuthis is a genus of belemnite that lived from the Early Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous,[1] and has been found in Asia, Europe and North America.[2] The type species is P. densus.
Sources
- ↑ Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 162)
- ↑ Pachyteuthis in the Paleobiology Database
