†family Patelloctopodidae Fuchs and Schweigert 2018 (octopus)

Cephalopoda - Octopoda - Patelloctopodidae

Full reference: D. Fuchs and G. Schweigert. 2018. First Middle–Late Jurassic gladius vestiges provide new evidence on the detailed origin of incirrate and cirrate octopuses (Coleoidea). PalZ 92:203-217

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

See also Fuchs and Schweigert 2018

Sister taxa: Enchoteuthidae, Muensterellidae

Subtaxa: Patelloctopus Pearceiteuthis

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Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Nusplingen quarry (Jurassic of Germany)

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