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Palaeoctopodidae

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Extinct family of octopuses

Palaeoctopodidae
Temporal range: Cenomanian-Santonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Life restoration of Keuppia levante
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Suborder: Incirrata
Family: †Palaeoctopodidae
Dollo, 1912
Genera

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

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.
  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. Bibcode:2009Palgy..52...65F. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00828.x.
  3. Fuchs, D. (2020). "Part M, Chapter 23G: Systematic descriptions: Octobrachia". Treatise Online. 138: 1–52. doi:10.17161/to.vi.14661.
Taxon identifiers
Palaeoctopodidae
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