Patelloctopodidae is a family of stem-
octopod
An octopus (: octopuses or octopodes) is a soft-bodied, eight-limbed mollusc of the order Octopoda (, ). The order consists of some 300 species and is grouped within the class Cephalopoda with squids, cuttlefish, and nautiloids. Like other ...
cephalopods from the Middle and Late Jurassic of Europe. Five genera are currently placed in the family, ''
Etchesia,
Muenstellerina,'' ''
Patelloctopus,'' ''
Pearciteuthis'' and ''
Tyrionella,'' Patelloctopodidae is one of two families in the superfamily
Muensterelloidea along with the
Muensterellidae.
References
Octopuses
Prehistoric cephalopod families
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