Dorateuthis

Dorateuthis; Temporal range: Late Santonian
	D. tricarinata fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Family:	†Plesioteuthididae
Genus:	†Dorateuthis; Woodward, 1883
Species:	†D. syrica
Binomial name
	†Dorateuthis syrica; Woodward, 1883

Dorateuthis is a genus of cephalopod with a gladius and soft-part anatomy preserved.[1][2] Fossils of D. syriaca are found in Upper Santonian-aged shale of Late Cretaceous Lebanon.

Illustration of D. syrica

References

Woodward, H. (2009). "I.—On a New Genus of Fossil "Calamary," from the Cretaceous Formation of Sahel Alma, near Beirût, Lebanon, Syria". Geological Magazine. 10: 1. doi:10.1017/S0016756800159667.
Alexander Lukeneder; Mathias Harzhauser (2004). "The Cretaceous coleoid Dorateuthis syriaca WOODWARD: morphology, feeding habits and phylogenetic implications" (PDF). Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien. 106. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-04. Retrieved 2011-02-23.

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[Woodward2009-1] Woodward, H. (2009). "I.—On a New Genus of Fossil "Calamary," from the Cretaceous Formation of Sahel Alma, near Beirût, Lebanon, Syria". Geological Magazine. 10: 1. doi:10.1017/S0016756800159667.

[2] Alexander Lukeneder; Mathias Harzhauser (2004). "The Cretaceous coleoid Dorateuthis syriaca WOODWARD: morphology, feeding habits and phylogenetic implications" (PDF). Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien. 106. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-04. Retrieved 2011-02-23.