Teudopseina
| Teudopseina Temporal range: | |
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| Fossil of Muensterella scutellaris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Suborder: | †Teudopseina Roger, 1952 |
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The Teudopseina is a clade of stem-octopods that first evolved in the Toarcian, considered the largest clade of gladius-bearing coleoids in the Mesozoic. Up to five families are known, among which the Trachyteuthidae, Trachyteuthis in particular, were the most abundant.