Fossil Record 11(1): 39-49, doi: 10.1002/mmng.200700012
Trachyteuthis covacevichi n. sp., a Late Jurassic Palaeopacific coleoid cephalopod
expand article infoD. Fuchs‡, H.-P. Schultze§
‡ Institut für Geologische Wissenschaften, Freie Universität Berlin, Malteser Str. 74–100, Haus D, 12249 Berlin, Germany§ Biodiversity Institute, Natural History Museum, The University of Kansas, Dyche Hall, Lawrence, Kansas 66045–7561, United States of America
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Citation: Fuchs D, Schultze H-P (2008) Trachyteuthis covacevichi n. sp., a Late Jurassic Palaeopacific coleoid cephalopod. Fossil Record 11(1): 39-49. https://doi.org/10.1002/mmng.200700012
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Abstract
A new early Oxfordian coleoid cephalopod, Trachyteuthis covacevichi n. sp., is described from northern Chile. It represents the first Late Jurassic Palaeopacific vampyropod and thus considerably extends the palaeogeographic distribution of trachyteuthids. In general, Tr. covacevichi n. sp. possesses a gladius typical for the genus, but wider than in other species. Similarities between Tr. covacevichi n. sp., Tr. palmeri from the Oxfordian of Cuba and Tr. sp. from the Kimmeridgian of Europe confirm a Caribbean Seaway between the Tethys and the Palaeopacific during Late Jurassic times. Morphologically, the wide gladius of Tr. covacevichi n. sp. supports a close phylogenetic relationship between Teudopsis and Trachyteuthis.

doi:10.1002/mmng.200700012