A new Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) coleoid (Cephalopoda) from Hâdjoula, Lebanon

✍ Scribed by Dirk Fuchs; Robert Weis

• Book ID: 102514301
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 469 KB
• Volume: 12
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1435-1943
• DOI: 10.1002/mmng.200900005

✦ Synopsis

A new vampyropod coleoid from the late Cenomanian limestones of Hdjoula (northwest Lebanon) is described. Glyphiteuthis abisaadiorum n. sp. is classified as a representative of the Trachyteuthididae, mainly on the basis of its general gladius morphology. It represents the fourth species of its genus and the second species of its genus recorded from Hdjoula. Glyphiteuthis abisaadiorum n. sp. differs from Glyphiteuthis libanotica in having a more slender gladius. Additionally, the arms are considerably longer in Glyphiteuthis abisaadiorum n. sp. than in Glyphiteuthis libanotica.