Haboroteuthis is an extinct genus of squid that lived during the Cretaceous period. The only species that has been classified in the genus is H. poseidon.[1]

Haboroteuthis
Temporal range: Santonian
Haboroteuthis poseidon, holotype, a lower jaw. Frontal (A), left lateral (B), dorsal (C), and right lateral (D) views
Haboroteuthis poseidon, holotype, a lower jaw. Frontal (A), left lateral (B), dorsal (C), and right lateral (D) views
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Teuthida
(unranked): incertae sedis
Genus: Haboroteuthis
Kazushige Tanabe, Akihiro Misaki, and Takao Ubukata 2015

References edit

  1. ^ Tanabe, Kazushige; Misaki, Akihiro; Ubukata, Takao (2015). "Late Cretaceous record of large soft-bodied coleoids based on lower jaw remains from Hokkaido, Japan" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 60 (1): 27–38. doi:10.4202/app.00052.2013. ISSN 0567-7920. OCLC 5789669966. Retrieved 22 August 2018.