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Palaeoctopus newboldi

Cephalopoda - Octobrachia - Palaeoctopodidae

Taxonomy
Calais newboldi was named by Woodward (1896). It is a compression preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Sahil Alma (Newbold collection), which is in a Santonian carbonate lime mudstone in Lebanon. It is the type species of Palaeoctopus, Calais.

It was recombined as Palaeoctopus newboldi by Woodward (1896) and Fuchs et al. (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Calais newboldi Woodward p. 229 figs. Pl 6
1896Palaeoctopus newboldi Woodward p. 567
1922Beloteuthis libanotica Naef p. 146 fig. 46b
1986Parateudopsis libanotica Engeser and Reitner p. 10 figs. Pl 2, figs 3-5; text-fig 3
2008Palaeoctopus newboldi Fuchs et al. p. 1131

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
Neocoleoidea
superorderVampyropodavon Boletzky 1992
orderOctobrachia(Fiorini 1981)
orderOctopodaLeach 1818
familyPalaeoctopodidaeDollo 1912
genusPalaeoctopus
speciesnewboldi()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Palaeoctopus newboldi Woodward 1896
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Invalid names: Beloteuthis libanotica Naef 1922 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:28:52
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:28:52
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Santonian or 85.80000 to 83.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Lebanon Beloteuthis libanotica (213129) Calais newboldi (213175)