Biology:Palaeoctopodidae

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Short description: Extinct family of octopuses

Palaeoctopodidae
Temporal range: Cenomanian-Santonian
Keuppia levante.jpg
Life restoration of Keuppia levante
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Octopoda
Suborder:
Family:
Palaeoctopodidae

Dollo, 1912[1]
Genera

Palaeoctopodidae is an extinct family of incirrate octopuses that lived during the Late Cretaceous. It includes two genera, Keuppia and Palaeoctopus.[2][3]

References

  1. Dollo, L. (1912). "Les Céphalopodes adaptés à la vie nectique secondaire et à la vie benthique tertiaire". Zoologische Jahrbücher Supplement 15 (1): 105–104. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49914#page/115/mode/1up. 
  2. Fuchs, D.; Bracchi, G.; Weis, R. (2009). "New octopods (Cephalopoda: Coleoidea) from the Late Cretaceous (Upper Cenomanian) of Hâkel and Hâdjoula, Lebanon". Palaeontology 52 (1): 65–81. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00828.x. Bibcode2009Palgy..52...65F. 
  3. Fuchs, D. (2020). "Part M, Chapter 23G: Systematic descriptions: Octobrachia". Treatise Online 138: 1–52. doi:10.17161/to.vi.14661. 

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