Argonauta absyrtus
Extinct species of mollusc
Argonauta absyrtus Temporal range: Miocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Octopoda |
Family: | Argonautidae |
Genus: | Argonauta |
Species: | †A. absyrtus |
Binomial name | |
†Argonauta absyrtus Martill & Barker, 2006 |
†Argonauta absyrtus is an extinct species of octopus assigned to the genus Argonauta.
A. absyrtus was described in 2006 based on fossil material from the Serravallian (Middle Miocene) Pakhna Formation of southern Cyprus. It represents the first argonaut fossil reported from the eastern Mediterranean.[1]
References
- ^ Martill, David M.; Barker, Michael J. (2006). "A Paper Nautilus (Octopoda, Argonauta) from the Miocene Pakhna Formation of Cyprus". Palaeontology. 49 (5): 1035–1041. Bibcode:2006Palgy..49.1035M. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00578.x. S2CID 128781244.
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Argonauta species
- Argonauta argo
- Argonauta bottgeri
- Argonauta cornuta
- Argonauta hians
- Argonauta nodosa
- Argonauta nouryi
- Argonauta pacifica
Extinct species: Argonauta absyrtus - Argonauta itoigawai
- Argonauta joanneus
- Argonauta oweri
- Argonauta sismondai
- Argonauta tokunagai
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