Proteroctopus
Proteroctopus ribeti was a primitive octopod that lived in the Middle Jurassic, approximately 164 million years ago. The single fossil specimen assigned to this species originates from the Lower Callovian of Voulte-sur-Rhône in France. It is currently on display at the Musée de Paléontologie de La Voulte-sur-Rhône.[1]
| Proteroctopus Temporal range: Lower | |
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| Proteroctopus ribeti holotype. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Proteroctopus |
| Species: | †P. ribeti |
| Binomial name | |
| †Proteroctopus ribeti Fischer & Riou, 1982 | |
The morphology of P. ribeti suggests a necto-epipelagic mode of life.[1]
References
- Fischer, J.C.; B. Riou (1982). "Le plus ancien octopode connu (Cephalopoda, Dibranchiata): Proteroctopus ribeti nov. gen., nov. sp., du Callovien de l'Ardèche (France)". Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série II. 295: 277–280.
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