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Niobrarateuthis

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Niobrarateuthis
Temporal range: Cretaceous
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Muensterellidae
Genus: Niobrarateuthis
Walker, 1957
Type species
Niobrarateuthis bonneri
Walker, 1957
Other species
  • Niobrarateuthis walkeri

Niobrarateuthis is an extinct genus of large cephalopod from the Cretaceous. It is closely related to the Cretaceous Tusoteuthis and the Jurassic Muensterella.[1]

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  1. ^ Fuchs, D.; Reitano, A.; Insacco, G.; Iba, Y. (2016). "The first coleoid cephalopods from the Upper Cenomanian of Sicily (Italy) and their implications for the systematic-phylogenetic position of the Palaeololiginidae (Teudopseina)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 15 (6): 499–512. doi:10.1080/14772019.2016.1199055.