Cephalopoda - Aulacoceratida - Xiphoteuthididae
Synonyms: Ausseites Flower 1944, Choanoteuthis Fischer 1951, Xiphoteuthis Huxley 1864
Parent taxon: Xiphoteuthididae according to N. J. Silberling and K. M. Nichols 1982
See also Allasinaz 1968, Jeletzky 1966, Sepkoski 2002, von Mojsisovics 1882 and von Mojsisovics 1896
Sister taxa: Calliconites, Metabelemnites, Mojsisovicsteuthis, Zugmontites
Subtaxa: Atractites alveolaris Atractites ausseeanus Atractites bacchilidis Atractites bithynicus Atractites boeckhi Atractites clavatulus Atractites conicus Atractites elegans Atractites ladinus Atractites mallyi Atractites meneghinii Atractites obeliscus Atractites secundus Atractites smithii Atractites solidus Atractites subrotundus Atractites subundatus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Austria (2 collections), Canada (8: Alberta, British Columbia), Chile (18), Hungary (1), New Zealand (1)
• Triassic of Afghanistan (2), Austria (15), Bosnia and Herzegovina (9), Hungary (3), India (1), Indonesia (2), Italy (8), Nepal (2), Romania (4), the Russian Federation (12), Turkey (4), United States (17: Alaska, California, Nevada)
• Permian of Tunisia (1)
Total: 110 collections including 143 occurrences
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