Haboroteuthis

Haboroteuthis
Temporal range: Santonian
Haboroteuthis poseidon, holotype, a lower jaw. Frontal (A), left lateral (B), dorsal (C), and right lateral (D) views
Haboroteuthis poseidon, holotype, a lower jaw. Frontal (A), left lateral (B), dorsal (C), and right lateral (D) views
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Teuthida
(unranked): incertae sedis
Genus: †Haboroteuthis
Kazushige Tanabe, Akihiro Misaki, and Takao Ubukata 2015

Haboroteuthis is an extinct genus of squid that lived during the Cretaceous period. The only species that has been classified in the genus is H. poseidon.

References

  1. ↑ Tanabe, Kazushige; Misaki, Akihiro; Ubukata, Takao (2015). "Late Cretaceous record of large soft-bodied coleoids based on lower jaw remains from Hokkaido, Japan" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 60 (1): 27–38. doi:10.4202/app.00052.2013. ISSN 0567-7920. OCLC 5789669966. Retrieved 22 August 2018.