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Cuspiteuthis tubularis (Young & Bird 1822)
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Taxonomy
Belemnite
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Belemnitida
Family: Belemnitidae
Genus: Cuspiteuthis
Species: Cuspiteuthis tubularis
Author Citation Young & Bird 1822
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Jurassic
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Early
International Age: Toarcian
Stratigraphy
Whitby Mudstone Formation
Bed 43 of Howarth, 1962
Biostratigraphy
Serpentinum Zone
Falciferum Subzone
Provenance
Collector: self
Acquired by: Field Collection
Dimensions
Length: 30.5 cm
Location
Whitby coast
North Yorkshire
England
Comments
An extreme morphology, much of the length consisting of an epirostrum - an overgrowth and extension of the normal rostrum. This may have been aragonitic and partially organic and is frequently crushed.
Described under Youngibelus tubularis:
Doyle, P. 1990-92 The British Toacian (Lower Jurassic) Belemnites. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society, London: Part 2, 50-79, pls.18-28 (Publ. No. 587, vol. 145)
Cuspiteuthis Abel 1916 was re-established as senior synonym of Youngibelus Riegraf in:
Riegraf, W, Janssen, N.M.M & Schmitt-Riegraf, C. 1998. Cephalopoda dibranchiata fossiles (Coleoidea)II. -(In:) Westphal, F. (ed.) Fossilium Catalogus. 1: Animalia, Pars 135: 1-519, Leiden (Backhuys).
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