A new Palaeoctopus (Cephalopoda: Coleoidea) from the Late Cretaceous of Vallecillo, north-eastern Mexico, and implications for the evolution of Octopoda

D. Fuchs, C. Ifrim, and W. Stinnesbeck

2008

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Palaeontology 51(5):1129-1139

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Taxa discussed in this work:

• Calais
• Palaeoctopodidae
• Palaeoctopus newboldi
• Palaeoctopus pelagicus
• Vampyropoda

Taxonomy:

• Vampyropoda belongs to Coleoidea - Fuchs et al. (2008)
• Palaeoctopodidae belongs to Octopoda - Fuchs et al. (2008)
• Palaeoctopus belongs to Palaeoctopodidae - Fuchs et al. (2008)
• Calais belongs to Palaeoctopodidae - Fuchs et al. (2008)
• Palaeoctopus newboldi belongs to Palaeoctopus - Fuchs et al. (2008)
• Palaeoctopus pelagicus belongs to Palaeoctopus - Fuchs et al. (2008)