Muensterellidae
Muensterellidae is a family of stem-octopod cephalopods from the Late Jurassic of Europe. Three genera are currently placed in this family, Muensterella, Celaenoteuthis, and Etchesia.
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Fossil of Muensterella scutellaris | |
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Suborder: | †Teudopseina |
Superfamily: | †Muensterelloidea |
Family: | †Muensterellidae Roger, 1952 |
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†Muensterella scutellaris (Münster, 1842) Schevill, 1950 | |
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Phylogeny
Muensterellidae is one of three families in the superfamily Muensterelloidea along with the Patelloctopodidae and Enchoteuthididae. The muensterelloids are characterized by having a roughly spoon-shaped end of the gladius called the patella. This type of gladius is likely ancestral to the gladius remnants of modern octopuses. [1]
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References
- Fuchs, D.; Schweigert, G. (2018). "First Middle–Late Jurassic gladius vestiges provide new evidence on the detailed origin of incirrate and cirrate octopuses (Coleoidea)". PalZ. 92: 203–217. doi:10.1007/s12542-017-0399-8.
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