Muensterellina 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

Parent taxon: Muensterellidae according to D. Fuchs et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Celaenoteuthis, Engeseriteuthis, Etchesia, Listroteuthis, Muensterella, Tyrionella

Subtaxa: Muensterellina johnjagti

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Type: Muensterellina johnjagti

Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Chippenham, Christian Malford (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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