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Specimen #: Q.84.03.18
Collection: Kelaenidae > Tusoteuthis, Squid
Status: stored
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Description
Complete Gladius - Rhachis broken, with distal end offset
Measurements (N/A x N/A x 1,213 mm)
Measurements provided in mm from Nicholls and Isaak, 1987.
Publications
NICHOLLS, E.L. and H. ISAAK, 1987. Stratigraphic and Taxonomic Significance of "Tusoteuthis Longa" Logan (Coleoidea, Teuthida) From the Pembina Member, Pierre Shale (Campanian), of Manitoba. Journal of Paleontology, v. 61, No. 4, pp. 727-737.
Details
| Common Name: | Tusoteuthis, Squid |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Teuthida |
| Family: | Kelaenidae |
| Genus: | Tusoteuthis |
| Species: | longa |
| Geo Period: | Cretaceous |
| Epoch: | Campanian |
| Formation: | Pierre Shale |
| Member: | Pembina |
| Current Location: | Manitoba Escarpment |
| Credit: | Dr. Elizabeth L. Nicholls, Henry Isaak, Don Bell |
Current Condition
Unknown