Muensterella is a fossil stem-octopod known from a handful of specimens from the

Late Jurassic The Late Jurassic is the third Epoch (geology), epoch of the Jurassic Period, and it spans the geologic time scale, geologic time from 161.5 ± 1.0 to 143.1 ± 0.8 million years ago (Ma), which is preserved in Upper Jurassic stratum, strata.Owen ...

lithographic limestones of southern Germany and the

upper Cretaceous The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the more recent of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous Series. The Cretaceous is named after ''cret ...

of Germany and Texas. Another indeterminate specimen of the Genus is known from the

Tithonian In the geological timescale, the Tithonian is the latest age (geology), age of the Late Jurassic Epoch and the uppermost stage (stratigraphy), stage of the Upper Jurassic Series. It spans the time between 149.2 ±0.7 annum, Ma and 143.1 ±0.6 (mi ...

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) Nordenskjöld Formation of Antarctica.Coleoid cephalopods through time (Warnke K., Keupp H., Boletzky S. v., eds) Berliner Paläobiol. Abh. 03 101-111 Berlin 2003 New Records of Soft Parts of Muensterella scutelaris Muenter, 1842 (Coleoidea) From the Late Jurassic Plattenkalks of Eichstätt and Their Significance for Octobrachian Relationships. D. Fuchs*, H. Keupp & Th. Engeser

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Prehistoric cephalopod genera {{Paleo-cephalopod-stub