†Pohlsepia Kluessendorf and Doyle 2003 (mollusk)
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Full reference: J. Kluessendorf and P. Doyle. 2003. Pohlsepia mazonensis, an early "octopus" from the Carboniferous of Illinois, USA. Palaeontology 43:919-926
Parent taxon: Coleoidea according to J. Kluessendorf and P. Doyle 2003
Sister taxa: Aulacocerida, Belemnoida, Belemnoidea, Belemnomorpha, Decabrachia, Decembrachiata, Diplobelida, Glochinomorpha, Jeletzkya, Loligosepiida, Neocoleoidea, Onychoteuthis, Palaeoteuthomorpha, Phragmoteuthidida, Teuthidea, Ticinoteuthis, Decacera
Subtaxa: Pohlsepia mazonensis
Type: Pohlsepia mazonensis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Pit 11, Braidwood, Mazon Creek (FMNH coll) (Carboniferous of Illinois)
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