Etchesia is a genus of muensterellid stem-octopod from the Kimmeridge Clay Formation of southern England. It is monotypic, consisting solely of type species E. martilli.[1]
Etchesia Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Octopoda |
Family: | †Muensterellidae |
Genus: | †Etchesia Fuchs, 2017 |
Type species | |
Etchesia martilli Fuchs, 2017
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References
edit- ^ Fuchs, Dirk (2019). "A new peculiar muensterellid coleoid (Cephalopoda) from the Kimmeridge Clay Formation of Dorset (England)". Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 130 (3–4): 339–344. Bibcode:2019PrGA..130..339F. doi:10.1016/j.pgeola.2017.07.004. S2CID 134563397.