phragmoteuthid

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English

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Etymology

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From scientific Latin Phragmoteuthida (order name).

Noun

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phragmoteuthid (plural phragmoteuthids)

  1. (paleontology) An extinct cephalopod of the order Phragmoteuthida.
    • 2012, Winand Brinkmann, Kenneth De Baets, editors, Paleontological Museum of the University of Zürich: Exhibition Guide, Paleontological Institute and Museum of the University of Zürich, →ISBN, page 70:
      Multiple jaws and arm hooklets of squid-like phragmoteuthids are known from the stomach area of several ichthyosaurs.