Classis : Cephalopoda 
Subclassis : Coleoidea 
Superordo : Octopodiformes 
Ordo : Vampyromorphida 
Familia : (nondum nota) 
Genus : †Syllipsimopodi 
Species : †Syllipsimopodi bideni 
Whalen & Landman, 2022[1]
   
Palaeontologia

Syllipsimopodi bideni est exstincta species cephalopodorum subclassis Coleoideorum, parens vampyromorphidorum. Typus et sola generis species ex Iosepho Biden praeside Civitatum Foederatarum appellatur.[2][1] Fossile holotypicum e sedimentis calcareis apud Bear Gulch in Montana civitate Civitatum Foederatarum anno 1988 effossum est.[3] Singuli sunt 12 fere centimetra longi, decem bracchis quibus sunt surculi, binis autem bracchis aliis longioribus.[3]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Whalen, C. D.; Landman, N. H. (2022). "Fossil coleoid cephalopod from the Mississippian Bear Gulch Lagerstätte sheds light on early vampyropod evolution". Nature Communications 13 (1): article number 1107 .
  2. Imbler, Sabrina (8 Martii 2022). "Fossil of Vampire Squid's Oldest Ancestor Is Named for Biden". The New York Times .
  3. 3.0 3.1 Strickland, Ashley (8 Martii 2022). "Fossil of 328 million-year-old octopus relative still has suckers on its arms". CNN .

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