Published February 14, 2024 | Version v1
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Simoniteuthis Fuchs & Weis & Thuy 2024, n. gen.

  • 1. Bayerische Staatssammlung FÜr Paläontologie Und Geologie, Richard-Wagner-Strasse 10, 80333 Munich, Germany
  • 2. Musée National d'histoire Naturelle, Luxembourg, 25 Rue MÜnster,

Description

Genus Simoniteuthis n. gen.

Type species: Simoniteuthis michaelyi n. sp.

Other species: Only the type species.

Occurrence: Known only from the type locality.

Derivation of name: Dedicated to Jo Simon, scientific volunteer collaborator of the National Museum of Natural History Luxembourg, who skilfully and patiently cleaned the fossil in the nodule and unveiled the soft part preservation.

Diagnosis: Medium-sized loligosepiids, gladius moderately wide (gladius widthmax- to-gladius length 0.30– 0.40); median field very slender to slender (median field widthhypz- to-hyperbolar zone length 0.15–0.25; = opening angle 9–14°), laterally reinforced, anterior median field margin convex; hyperbolar zone very long (hyperbolar zone length-to-median field length 0.80–0.89), deeply V-shaped incised; anterior limit of lateral field thus distinctly projected, spine-like pointed, lateral fields moderately wide (lateral field widthmax- to-median field widthmax 1.85–1.95).

Notes

Published as part of Fuchs, Dirk, Weis, Robert & Thuy, Ben, 2024, SimoniteUthiS, a new vampyromorph coleoid with prey in its arms from the Early Jurassic of Luxembourg, pp. 1-10 in Swiss Journal of Palaeontology (6) (6) 143 (1) on page 3, DOI: 10.1186/s13358-024-00303-y, http://zenodo.org/record/12006446

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Fuchs & Weis & Thuy
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Order
Vampyromorpha
Genus
Simoniteuthis
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic status
gen. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Simoniteuthis Fuchs, Weis & Thuy, 2024