Argonauta absyrtus

Argonauta absyrtus
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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  1. ^ 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.