Etchesia

Extinct genus of molluscs

Etchesia
Temporal range: Tithonian
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Muensterellidae
Genus: Etchesia
Fuchs, 2017
Type species
Etchesia martilli
Fuchs, 2017

Etchesia is a genus of muensterellid stem-octopod from the Kimmeridge Clay Formation of southern England. It is monotypic, consisting solely of type species E. martilli.[1]

References

  1. ^ Fuchs, Dirk (2019). "A new peculiar muensterellid coleoid (Cephalopoda) from the Kimmeridge Clay Formation of Dorset (England)". Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 130 (3–4): 339–344. Bibcode:2019PrGA..130..339F. doi:10.1016/j.pgeola.2017.07.004. S2CID 134563397.
Taxon identifiers
Etchesia


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