Muensterellina johnjagti 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 Muensterellina according to D. Fuchs et al. 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NHMUK PI OR 1740. Its type locality is Chippenham, Christian Malford, which is in a Callovian offshore mudstone in the Oxford Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Chippenham, Christian Malford

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