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Pohlsepia mazonensis

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.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)9602694https://www.gbif.org/species/9602694
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)364818https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=364818
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Pohlsepia : Pohlsepia mazonensis
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Pohlsepia : Pohlsepia mazonensis
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
genusPohlsepiaKluessendorf and Doyle 2003
speciesPohlsepia mazonensisKluessendorf & Doyle 2003
Generic NamePohlsepia
Scientific NamePohlsepia mazonensis Kluessendorf & Doyle, 2003
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Pohlsepia mazonensisspeciesbelongs to Pohlsepiastated with evidenceKluessendorf and Doyle, 2003
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance311 - 307 Ma
Carboniferous
Last Recorded Appearance311 - 307 Ma
Carboniferous
Motilityfast-moving (based on Cephalopoda)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Cephalopoda)
Taphonomyaragonite (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
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pohlsepia_mazonensis

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2003Pohlsepia mazonensis Kluessendorf and Doyle p. 920 fig. 1

References

Kluessendorf J., Doyle P. (2003) Pohlsepia mazonensis, an early "octopus" from the Carboniferous of Illinois, USA, Palaeontology 43, 919-926
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!
 
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