# Styletoctopus

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{{Short description|Extinct genus of octopuses}}
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| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|95}}
| genus = Styletoctopus
| species = annae
| authority = Fuchs, Bracchi & Weis, 2009
}}

'''''Styletoctopus''''' is an extinct genus of [octopus](/source/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](/source/Cenomanian), (early [late Cretaceous](/source/late_Cretaceous)). It was first discovered in 2009 by a team led by Dirk Fuchs of [Freie University](/source/Free_University_of_Berlin)<ref name=":0" /> in the [Hâqel](/source/H%C3%A2qel) and [Hjoula](/source/Hjoula) localities in [Lebanon](/source/Lebanon).<ref name=":1" /> Very few octopus species appear in the [fossil](/source/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](/source/2009_extinct_fossil_octopus_discoveries)

==References==
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Category:Octopuses
Category:Monotypic prehistoric cephalopod genera
Category:Fossil taxa described in 2009

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