Megateuthis

Megateuthis is the largest known belemnite genus which lived during the Early to Middle Jurassic, between the Toarcian and Bajocian age. The type species M. suevica, whose junior synonym is M. gigantea, measured around 2.17 metres (7.1 ft) long, and the largest species M. elliptica possibly reached up to 3.11 metres (10.2 ft) long.^[2]

Megateuthis Temporal range: Toarcian–Bajocian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossilised guards of Megateuthis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	†Belemnitida
Family:	†Megateuthididae
Genus:	†Megateuthis Bayle, 1878
Type species
†Belemnites giganteus (von Schlotheim, 1820) by subsequent designation (Douvillé, 1879, p. 91)
Species[1]
†M. suevica Klein, 1773 †M. elliptica Miller, 1826

See also

• Paleontology portal

• Cephalopod size
• List of belemnites