Muensterelloidea

Muensterelloidea
Temporal range:
Fossil of Muensterella scutellaris
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Muensterelloidea
Roger, 1952
Type species
Muensterella scutellaris
(Münster, 1842) Schevill, 1950
Subgroups

Muensterelloidea is a superfamily (or clade) of stem-octopod cephalopods from the Early Jurassic to Late Cretaceous. Two families are currently identified, Muensterellidae, and Patelloctopodidae. The clade is the ancestral group from which modern octopus arose.