Plesioteuthis fraasii Woodward 1896 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Octobrachia - Plesioteuthidae

Full reference: H. Woodward. 1896. On a fossil Octopus (Calais newboldi, J. de C. Sby. MS.) from the Cretaceous of the Lebanon. The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 52:229-234

Belongs to Plesioteuthis according to H. Woodward 1896

Sister taxon: Plesioteuthis arcuata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Sahil Alma (Lewis collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sahil Alma (Lewis collection)

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