Proteroctopus

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Proteroctopus
Temporal range: Lower Callovian
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Proteroctopus ribeti.jpg
Proteroctopus ribeti holotype.
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: †Proteroctopus
Species:
†P. ribeti
Binomial name
†Proteroctopus ribeti
& , 1982

Proteroctopus ribeti was a primitive octopod that lived in the Middle Jurassic, approximately 164 million years ago. The single fossil specimen assigned to this species originates from the Lower Callovian of Voulte-sur-Rhône in France. It is currently on display at the Musée de Paléontologie de La Voulte-sur-Rhône.[1]

The morphology of P. ribeti suggests a necto-epipelagic mode of life.[1]

See also[]

  • Jeletzkya douglassae
  • Pohlsepia mazonensis
  • Palaeoctopus newboldi
  • Vampyronassa rhodanica

References[]

  1. ^ a b Fischer, J.C.; B. Riou (1982). "Le plus ancien octopode connu (Cephalopoda, Dibranchiata): Proteroctopus ribeti nov. gen., nov. sp., du Callovien de l'Ardèche (France)". Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série II. 295: 277–280.

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