†Muensterella jillae Fuchs et al. 2019 (octopus)
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Cephalopoda - Octopoda - Muensterellidae
Full reference: D. Fuchs, Y. Iba, A. Heyng, M. Iijima, C. Klug, N. L. Larson, and G. Schweigert. 2019. The Muensterelloidea: phylogeny and character evolution of Mesozoic stem octopods. Papers in Palaeontology 6:31-92
Belongs to Muensterella according to D. Fuchs et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Muensterella scutellaris, Muensterella spinosa
Type specimen: NPL81150.. Its type locality is Wallace quarry, Sherman, which is in a Turonian marine horizon in the South Bosque Formation of Texas.
Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Wallace quarry, Sherman
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