| Dorateuthis Temporal range: Late Santonian | |
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| D. tricarinata fossil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Family: | † Plesioteuthididae |
| Genus: | † Dorateuthis Woodward, 1883 |
| Species: | †D. syrica |
| Binomial name | |
| †Dorateuthis syrica Woodward, 1883 | |
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