Description

Middle Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
Hajoula, Lebanon
96mm on 170mm x 96mm slab.

Other Mollusc. Cephalopod. Soft-bodied.

Trachyteuthis is a rare and unusual cephalopod that looked like a squid in life.  Researchers have classified it within the Subclass Coleioidea (belemnites, squid, cuttlefish, octopus) and it may be most closely related to octopuses.

Usually, all you find of Trachyteuthis is just the beak but here’s a rare body fossil.

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