Kingdom Animalia Family Octopodidae Scientific name Styletoctopus annae Rank Species | Class Cephalopoda Genus Styletoctopus Phylum Mollusca Order Octopus | |
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Similar Keuppia, Octopus, Pohlsepia, Proteroctopus, Phragmoteuthis | ||
Styletoctopus is an extinct genus of octopus. The genus consists of the single species Styletoctopus annae, which lived approximately 95 million years ago. Very few octopus species appear in the fossil record, as octopuses consist of soft tissue that usually decomposes before it has time to fossilize.
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