Trachyteuthididae Naef, 1921

Fuchs, Dirk, Engeser, Theo & Keupp, Helmut, 2007, Gladius shape variation in coleoid cephalopod Trachyteuthis from the Upper Jurassic Nusplingen and Solnhofen Plattenkalks, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52 (3), pp. 575-589 : 579

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Trachyteuthididae Naef, 1921
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Family Trachyteuthididae Naef, 1921

Type genus: Trachyteuthis Meyer, 1846 ; type species Trachyteuthis ensiformis Meyer, 1846 ; Tithonian (Late Jurassic), Solnhofen region, Southern Germany.

Emended diagnosis.—Teudopseid vampyropods with granules (tubercles) on the dorsal surface of the gladius.

Genera included.— Trachyteuthis Meyer, 1846 ; Glyphiteuthis Reuss, 1854 ; Actinosepia Whiteaves, 1897

Stratigraphic and geographic range.—Callovian (Middle Jurassic)–Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of Europe, Central Russia, Lebanon, Cuba, Chile, Antarctica, Australia and North America.

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