Palaeoctopodidae is an extinct family of incirrate octopuses that lived during the Late Cretaceous. It includes two genera, Keuppia and Palaeoctopus.[2][3]
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References
edit- ^ Dollo, L. (1912). "Les Céphalopodes adaptés à la vie nectique secondaire et à la vie benthique tertiaire". Zoologische Jahrbücher Supplement. 15 (1): 105–104.
- ^ Fuchs, D.; Bracchi, G.; Weis, R. (2009). "New octopods (Cephalopoda: Coleoidea) from the Late Cretaceous (Upper Cenomanian) of Hâkel and Hâdjoula, Lebanon". Palaeontology. 52 (1): 65–81. Bibcode:2009Palgy..52...65F. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00828.x.
- ^ Fuchs, D. (2020). "Part M, Chapter 23G: Systematic descriptions: Octobrachia". Treatise Online. 138: 1–52. doi:10.17161/to.vi.14661.
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