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Pohlsepia ✝
Description | Pohlsepia mazonensis is the earliest described octopod, originating from the late Carboniferous period. The species is known from a single exceptionally preserved fossil discovered in the Pennsylvanian Francis Creek Shale of the Carbondale Formation, north-east Illinois, United States. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pohlsepia, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Pohlsepia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Pohlsepia Kluessendorf & Doyle, 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Palaeontology (Oxf) 43 (5), October | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 311 - 307 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 311 - 307 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | fast-moving (based on Cephalopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Cephalopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Cephalopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. Kluessendorf and P. Doyle. 2003. Pohlsepia mazonensis, an early "octopus" from the Carboniferous of Illinois, USA. Palaeontology 43:919-926 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pohlsepia |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Pohlsepia mazonensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 311 Ma Carboniferous | 311 Ma Carboniferous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2003 | Pohlsepia Kluessendorf and Doyle p. 920 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!