Styletoctopus
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| Styletoctopus annae |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Octopodidae |
| Genus: | †Styletoctopus |
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† S. annae
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| Styletoctopus annae Fuchs, Bracchi & Weis, 2009
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Styletoctopus is an extinct genus of octopus. The genus consists of the single species Styletoctopus annae, which lived approximately 95 million years ago.[1] Very few octopus species appear in the fossil record, as octopuses consist of soft tissue that usually decomposes before it has time to fossilize.[2]
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References
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- ↑ Rare fossil octopuses found, MSNBC, March 18, 2009
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