| Proteroctopus Temporal range: Lower Callovian |
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| Proteroctopus ribeti holotype. | |
| 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 |
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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]