{{Short description|Extinct genus of octopuses}} {{speciesbox | fossil_range = {{fossilrange|95}} | genus = Styletoctopus | species = annae | authority = Fuchs, Bracchi & Weis, 2009 }}
'''''Styletoctopus''''' is an extinct genus of octopus. The genus consists of the single species '''''Styletoctopus annae''''', which lived approximately 95 million years ago<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal | last1 = Fuchs | first1 = D. | last2 = Bracchi | first2 = G. | last3 = Weis | first3 = R. | title = New octopods (Cephalopoda: Coleoidea) from the Late Cretaceous (Upper Cenomanian) of Hâkel and Hâdjoula, Lebanon | doi = 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00828.x | journal = Palaeontology | volume = 52 | pages = 65–81| year = 2009 | issue = 1 | bibcode = 2009Palgy..52...65F | doi-access = free }}</ref> during the late Cenomanian, (early late Cretaceous). It was first discovered in 2009 by a team led by Dirk Fuchs of Freie University<ref name=":0" /> in the Hâqel and Hjoula localities in Lebanon.<ref name=":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.<ref name=":0">[https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna29757659 Rare fossil octopuses found], NBC News, March 18, 2009</ref>
==See also== *2009 extinct fossil octopus discoveries
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Category:Octopuses Category:Monotypic prehistoric cephalopod genera Category:Fossil taxa described in 2009
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