Proteroctopus ribeti

Taxobox
fossil_range = Lower Callovian
name = "Proteroctopus ribeti"


image_caption = "Proteroctopus ribeti" holotype.
status = fossil
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Cephalopoda
subclassis = Coleoidea
superordo = Octopodiformes
ordo = Octopoda
familia = "incertae sedis"
genus = "Proteroctopus"
species = "P. ribeti"
binomial = "Proteroctopus ribeti"
binomial_authority = Fischer & Riou, 1982
synonyms =

"Proteroctopus ribeti" was a primitive octopod that lived in the Middle Jurassic, approximately 164 million years ago. The single fossil specimen assigned to this species originates from the Lower Callovian of Voulte-sur-Rhône in France. It is currently on display at the Musée de Paléontologie de La Voulte-sur-Rhône.Fischer, J.C. & B. Riou 1982. Le plus ancien octopode connu (Cephalopoda, Dibranchiata): "Proteroctopus ribeti" nov. gen., nov. sp., du Callovien de l'ArdeÁche (France). "Comptes Rendus de l'AcadeÂmie des Sciences de Paris, Serie II" 295: 277–280.]

The morphology of "P. ribeti" suggests a necto-epipelagic mode of life.

ee also

*"Jeletzkya douglassae"
*"Pohlsepia mazonensis"
*"Palaeoctopus newboldi"
*"Vampyronassa rhodanica"

References

External links

* [http://www.tonmo.com/science/fossils/fossiloctopuses.php The Octopus News Magazine Online: Fossil Octopuses]