Rhomboteuthis

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Phylum:Mollusca
Genus:Rhomboteuthis
Fischer & Riou, 1982
Rhomboteuthis
Temporal range: Lower Callovian
Rhomboteuthis lehmani specimen
LPMP–R.3758 and restoration showing position of ink sac and gladius.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Family: Plesioteuthididae
Genus: Rhomboteuthis
Fischer & Riou, 1982
Species

Rhomboteuthis is an extinct species of squid, with Rhomboteuthis lehmani currently being the only described member of the genus. Rhomboteuthis is known from Mid-Jurassic fossils from Voulte-sur-Rhône, Ardèche, France.

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