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 Callovian
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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]

See also
  • Jeletzkya douglassae
  • Pohlsepia mazonensis
  • Palaeoctopus newboldi
  • Vampyronassa rhodanica

References
  1. 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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