Mesoteuthis
{{Short description|Extinct genus of molluscs}}
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{{Taxobox
| name = Mesoteuthis
| fossil_range = Early Jurassic to Middle Jurassic, {{fossil range|Toarcian|Bajocian}}
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Mollusca
| classis = Cephalopoda
| unranked_ordo = Belemnoidea
| genus = Mesoteuthis
}}
Mesoteuthis is a genus of belemnite, an extinct group of cephalopods.{{cite journal | last = Sepkoski | first = Jack | title = A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Cephalopoda entry) | journal = Bulletins of American Paleontology | volume = 363 |pages = 1–560 | year = 2002 | url = http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=231&rank=class | accessdate = 2009-04-10 }}
Taxonomical history
A belemnite originally described as Cylindroteuthis confessa has been re-described as Mesoteuthis soloniensis.{{cite journal | title=New species of Early Bajocian Megateuthididae (Belemnitida) from the Pacific coast of Russia | author=Dzyuba, O. S. | journal=Paleontological Journal |date=May 2011 | volume=45 | issue=3 | pages=260–265 | doi=10.1134/S0031030111030051 |author2=Nalnyaeva, T. I. | bibcode=2011PalJ...45..260D | s2cid=55930907 }}
See also
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References
http://www.servinghistory.com/topics/Mesoteuthis
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Category:Extinct animals of Europe
Category:Toarcian first appearances
Category:Middle Jurassic extinctions
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