Plesioteuthis
Sign in to savePlesioteuthis is an extinct genus of squids, belonging to the family Plesioteuthididae. This genus was first described in 1859, and its fossils were found in the well-known Solnhofen field in Germany.
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Plesioteuthis is an extinct genus of squids, belonging to the family Plesioteuthididae. This genus was first described in 1859, and its fossils were found in the well-known Solnhofen field in Germany.
==Species== Species within this genus include: Plesioteuthis prisca (the type species) (Rueppel, 1829) † Plesioteuthis subovata (G.G. Münster, 1846 ) †
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