Palaeoctopodidae Explained

Palaeoctopodidae is an extinct family of incirrate octopuses that lived during the Late Cretaceous. It includes two genera, Keuppia and Palaeoctopus.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. 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 . 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00828.x . 2009Palgy..52...65F . free .
  2. Fuchs . D. . 2020 . Part M, Chapter 23G: Systematic descriptions: Octobrachia . Treatise Online . 138 . 1–52 . 10.17161/to.vi.14661 . free .

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