†Palaeoctopus Woodward 1896 (octopus)
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Cephalopoda - Octopoda - Palaeoctopodidae
Invalid subtaxa: Calais Woodward 1896 [replaced name], Parateudopsis Engeser and Reitner 1986
Full reference: H. Woodward. 1896. Calais newboldi. The Geological Magazine, New Series, Decade IV 3:567
Parent taxon: Palaeoctopodidae according to D. Fuchs et al. 2008
See also Engeser and Reitner 1986, Haas 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodward 1896
Sister taxon: Keuppia
Subtaxa: Palaeoctopus newboldi
Type: Calais newboldi
Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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