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Patelloctopus
Taxonomy
Patelloctopus was named by Fuchs and Schweigert (2018). Its type is Patelloctopus ilgi.
It was assigned to Patelloctopodidae by Fuchs and Schweigert (2018), Fuchs et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Patelloctopodidae by Fuchs and Schweigert (2018), Fuchs et al. (2019).
Species
P. ilgi (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2018 | Patelloctopus Fuchs and Schweigert p. 209 |
| 2019 | Patelloctopus Fuchs et al. p. 79 |
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G. †Patelloctopus Fuchs and Schweigert 2018
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†Patelloctopus ilgi Fuchs and Schweigert 2018
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| D. Fuchs and G. Schweigert 2018 | Small-sized muensterelloids; gladius vestige, with a high-conical circular patella and very short, nose-like anterior projection; gladius vestige very wide (ratio of patella width-to-gladius length = 0.90); median field very wide (opening angle 77°); free median field anteriorly rounded, very short (ratio of patella length-to-gladius length = 0.85); median field area very small (ratio of median field area- to-gladius area < 0.10); patella wide (ratio of median field widthhypz-to-lateral field widthmax = 0.25‒0.30), circular in outline (ratio of patella width-to-patella length = 1.07), apex located in anterior position (ratio of hyperbolar zone length- to-patella length = 0.18); ratio of hyperbolar zone length-to- median field length = 0.52; patella margin serrated, posterior rim incised; radiating ribs and tuberculation present; spines unknown; soft tissues unknown. |
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 152.21000 to 149.20000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | P. ilgi (41817) |