Muensterella spinosa Fuchs et al. 2019 (octopus)

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 jillae, Muensterella scutellaris

Type specimen: BSPG 1964XXII 103. Its type locality is Daiting (BSPG collection), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Mörnsheim Formation of Germany.

Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Daiting (BSPG collection)

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