Proteroctopus ribeti

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Proteroctopus ribeti
Fossil range: Lower Callovian

Proteroctopus ribeti holotype.

Conservation status

Extinct (fossil)

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Coleoidea
Superorder:	Octopodiformes
Order:	Octopoda
Family:	incertae sedis
Genus:	Proteroctopus
Species:	P. ribeti

Binomial name

Proteroctopus ribeti
Fischer & Riou, 1982

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.^[1]

The morphology of P. ribeti suggests a necto-epipelagic mode of life.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b 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.