- Argonauta absyrtus
Taxobox
fossil_range =Miocene
name = "Argonauta absyrtus"
image_caption =
status = fossil
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Mollusc a
classis =Cephalopod a
ordo =Octopoda
familia =Argonautidae
genus = "Argonauta "
species = "A. absyrtus"
binomial = "Argonauta absyrtus"
binomial_authority = Martill & Barker, 2006"Argonauta absyrtus" is an extinct species of
octopus assigned to the genus "Argonauta "."A. absyrtus" was described in 2006 based on fossil material from the
Serravallian (MiddleMiocene )Pakhna Formation of southernCyprus . It represents the first argonaut fossil reported from the easternMediterranean . [Martill, D.M. & M.J. Barker (2006). [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00578.x?journalCode=pala A paper nautilus (Octopoda, "Argonauta") from the Miocene Pakhna Formation of Cyprus.] "Palaeontology" 49 (5): 1035-1041.]References
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