Inventory | Paleontology | Impronta di calamaro uncinato
- Common name
- Hooked squid footprint
- Scientific name
- Ostenotheutis siroi
- Type
- Fossil
Description
This species belongs to an extinct family of cephalopods from the Lower Jurassic of Italy; these are ten-armed squids with unusual structure, characterized by the presence of horny hooks on the tentacles. The species known so far come from the lower Sinemurian deposits.
Scientific Classification
- Domain
- Eukaryota
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Cephalopoda
- Order
- Coleoidea
- Family
- Ostenotheutidae
- Genus
- Ostenotheutis
- Species
- siroi (Garassino & Donovan, 2000)
- Scientific name
- Ostenotheutis siroi
Preserved specimen
The type locality from which the two species originated is Osteno, Lake Lugano.
Cataloging
- SIRBeC
- 7s060-00147
