Muensterella

Muensterella
Temporal range: Kimmeridgian-Turonian
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Fossil specimen BSPG MC-21 of Muensterella scutellaris
Muensterella scutellaris diagram depicting soft tissue and gladius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: †Muensterellidae
Genus: †Muensterella
Schevill, 1950
Type species
Muensterella scutellaris
Münster, 1842
Species
  • Muensterella scutellaris Münster, 1842
  • Muensterella spinosa Fuchs et al., 2019
  • Muensterella jillae Fuchs et al., 2019
Synonyms
  • Kelaeno Münster, 1842 (preoccupied)

Muensterella (IPA: [ˈmʏns.tɐ.ɛl.la]) (meaning "Münster's small one") is an extinct genus of small muensterellid cephalopod, which superficially resembles cuttlefish or bobtail squid but are actually more closely related to vampire squid. Fossils of this genus have primarily been found in the Upper Jurassic lithographic limestones of Southern Germany, and additional material is known from the Tithonian of Antarctica and the Upper Cretaceous of Germany and Texas.

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