Rhomboteuthis lehmani

Taxobox
fossil_range = Lower Callovian
name = "Rhomboteuthis lehmani"


image_caption = "Rhomboteuthis lehmani" specimen
LPMP–R.3758 and restoration showing position of ink sac and gladius.
status = fossil
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Cephalopoda
subclassis = Coleoidea
ordo = Teuthida
familia = Plesioteuthididae
genus = "Rhomboteuthis"
species = "R. lehmani"
binomial = "Rhomboteuthis lehmani"
binomial_authority = Fischer & Riou, 1982
synonyms =

"Rhomboteuthis lehmani" is an extinct species of squid, currently the only described member of its genus. "R. lehmani" is known from the Lower Callovian (165–164 Ma) of Voulte-sur-Rhône, Ardèche, France.

Radiography was used to locate the position of the ink sac and gladius (pen) of the pictured specimen.

References

* Fischer, J.-C. & B. Riou 1982. Les teuthoïdes (Cephalopoda, Dibranchiata) du Callovien inférieur de la Voulte-sur-Rhône (Ardèche, France). "Annales de Paléontologie" 68(4): 295–325.
* Fischer, J.-C. 2003. Invertébrés remarquables du Callovien inférieur de la Voulte-sur-Rhône (Ardèche, France). "Annales de Paléontologie" 89: 223–252.