Producción CyT

First teuthid cephalopod from the Lower Jurassic of South America

Articulo

Fecha:

2005

Editorial y Lugar de Edición:

Universitar de Barcelona

Revista:

GEOLOGICA ACTA (pp. 179-184) - ISSN 1695-6133
Universitar de Barcelona

ISSN:

1695-6133

Resumen *

A new species of squid, Teudopsis jeletzkyi n. sp., is described from the Toarcian (Lower Jurassic) Molles Formation in Neuquen Province, central west Argentina. Fossil squids have thus far been unknown in the Mesozoic of South America. This species is the first record of the Order Teuthida in the Jurassic of South America. Información suministrada por el agente en SIGEVA