Boreopeltis


Boreopeltis is an extinct genus of plesioteuthidid cephalopod, with 4 known species.

Species

Boreopeltis helgolandiae from the Aptian.Boreopeltis sagittata from the Tithonian.Boreopeltis smithi from the late Cenomanian to ?Santonian of the Sannine Formation in Lebanon.Boreopeltis ifrimae from the Turonian of Vallecillo, Mexico, has a gladius length of 47 centimeters and is the second-largest known plesioteuthidid after Eromangateuthis soniae.

Formerly assigned species

Eromangateuthis soniae Fuchs 2019