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    recognized as Tusoteuthis. One species, T. longa, is traditionally recognized. In 2019, due to poor preservation of holotype specimen, Tusoteuthis was considered...
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    cephalopod that lived during the Cretaceous. Although it and its relative Tusoteuthis are often compared to squid, both are now thought to be more closely...
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    nautiloid Endoceras may have grown even larger. Although the Cretaceous Tusoteuthis, with its 2 m (6 ft 6.7 in) long mantle, was once considered to grow...
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    respectively. Octopod Enchoteuthis melanae (considered as specimen of Tusoteuthis longa) had mantle length up to 2 metres (6 ft 7 in), comparable to the...
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    plesiosaurs Dolichorhynchops and Polycotylus, cephalopods like Baculites and Tusoteuthis, and the sea turtles such as Ctenochelys and Toxochelys were also found...
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  • cephalopod from the Cretaceous. It is closely related to the Cretaceous Tusoteuthis and the Jurassic Muensterella. Paleontology portal Cephalopod size Fuchs...
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  • the family Elasmosauridae Temnodontosaurus (cameo), a big ichthyosaur Tusoteuthis, a genus of Cretaceous cephalopod molluscs Tylosaurus, a giant mosasaur...
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    Belemnites: A Quick Look. The Octopus News Magazine Online. Eyden, P. (2003b). Tusoteuthis and the Cretaceous Giant Squids. The Octopus News Magazine Online. Fairbairn...
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    Family: †Muensterellidae Roger, 1952 Subgroups †Listroteuthis †Muensterella (paraphyletic) †Enchoteuthinae †Enchoteuthis †Tusoteuthis †Niobrarateuthis...
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    Chalk Tusoteuthis T. longa Smoky Hill Chalk A nomen dubium. Enchoteuthis E. melanae Smoky Hill Chalk Most material formerly referred to Tusoteuthis now...
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    B. compressus Zone. 2 specimens. A coleoid, originally described as Tusoteuthis cobbani. E. melanae Niobrara County, Wyoming. Baculites obtusus zone...
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  • Discovery Centre also houses numerous specimens of the Cretaceous squid Tusoteuthis longa; these specimens represent the northernmost known occurrence of...
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    found in the Neogene, perhaps even juveniles of the giant vampire squid Tusoteuthis longa were eaten by the first of these birds: PD [2009] True eels (Anguillidae)...
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    Cimolichthys suffocated when its would-be prey, a sizable squid called Tusoteuthis longa, was too large to swallow completely and blocked the fish's gills...
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