Patelloctopodidae

{{Short description|Family of octopuses}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{fossil range|Callovian|Kimmeridgian}} | taxon = Patelloctopodidae | authority = Fuchs & Schweigert, 2018 | subdivision_ranks = Subgroups | subdivision = *†''Etchesia'' *†''Muenstellerina'' *†''Patelloctopus'' *†''Pearciteuthis'' *†''Tyrionella'' }}

'''Patelloctopodidae''' is a family of stem-octopod cephalopods from the Middle and Late Jurassic of Europe. Five genera are currently placed in the family, ''Etchesia, Muenstellerina,'' ''Patelloctopus,'' ''Pearciteuthis'' and ''Tyrionella,'' Patelloctopodidae is one of two families in the superfamily Muensterelloidea along with the Muensterellidae.<ref name="fuchs&schweigert2018"/<ref>Dirk Fuchs; Günter Schweigert (2018). "First Middle–Late Jurassic gladius vestiges provide new evidence on the detailed origin of incirrate and cirrate octopuses (Coleoidea)". PalZ. 92 (2): 203–217. doi:10.1007/s12542-017-0399-8. S2CID 135245479.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=425003&is_real_user=1|website=The Paleobiology Database|title=Patelloctopodidae}}</ref> They are thought to be the group from which modern octopus arose.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Fuchs|first1=Dirk|last2=Iba|first2=Yasuhiro|last3=Heyng|first3=Alexander|last4=Iijima|first4=Masaya|last5=Klug|first5=Christian|last6=Larson|first6=Neal L.|last7=Schweigert|first7=Günter|date=February 2020|editor-last=Brayard|editor-first=Arnaud|title=The Muensterelloidea: phylogeny and character evolution of Mesozoic stem octopods|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/spp2.1254|journal=Papers in Palaeontology|language=en|volume=6|issue=1|pages=31–92|doi=10.1002/spp2.1254|s2cid=198256507 |issn=2056-2802|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

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Category:Octopuses Category:Prehistoric cephalopod families