Phragmoteuthis
Extinct genus of molluscs
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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][5]
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| Specimen of P. bisinuata | |
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| Reconstruction of P. polzbergensis and P. bisinuata | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | †Phragmoteuthida |
| Family: | †Phragmoteuthidae |
| Genus: | †Phragmoteuthis Mojsisovics, 1882 |
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Previously described species, P. conocauda and P. montefiorei got their own genus, Clarkeiteuthis.[5]
