Styletoctopus
| Styletoctopus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Octopodidae |
| Genus: | †Styletoctopus |
| Species: | †S. annae
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| †Styletoctopus annae Fuchs, Bracchi & Weis, 2009
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Styletoctopus is an extinct genus of
Hâqel and Hjoula localities in Lebanon.[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.[2]
See also
- 2009 extinct fossil octopus discoveries
References
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- ^ a b Rare fossil octopuses found, NBC News, March 18, 2009
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