Muensterellidae

Muensterellidae; Temporal range: Kimmeridgian–Tithonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Fossil of Muensterella scutellaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Octopoda
Suborder:	†Teudopseina
Superfamily:	†Muensterelloidea
Family:	†Muensterellidae ; Roger, 1952
Type species
	†Muensterella scutellaris; (Münster, 1842) Schevill, 1950
Subgroups
	†Celaenoteuthis; †Etchesia; †Muensterella;

Muensterellidae is a family of stem-octopod cephalopods from the Late Jurassic of Europe. Three genera are currently placed in this family, Muensterella, Celaenoteuthis, and Etchesia.

Phylogeny

Muensterellidae is one of three families in the superfamily Muensterelloidea along with the Patelloctopodidae and Enchoteuthididae. The muensterelloids are characterized by having a roughly spoon-shaped end of the gladius called the patella. This type of gladius is likely ancestral to the gladius remnants of modern octopuses.[1]

References

Fuchs, D.; Schweigert, G. (2018). "First Middle–Late Jurassic gladius vestiges provide new evidence on the detailed origin of incirrate and cirrate octopuses (Coleoidea)". PalZ. 92: 203–217. doi:10.1007/s12542-017-0399-8.

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[1] Fuchs, D.; Schweigert, G. (2018). "First Middle–Late Jurassic gladius vestiges provide new evidence on the detailed origin of incirrate and cirrate octopuses (Coleoidea)". PalZ. 92: 203–217. doi:10.1007/s12542-017-0399-8.