Teudopseina

Teudopseina
Temporal range:
Fossil of Muensterella scutellaris
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Suborder: Teudopseina
Roger, 1952
Subgroups

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.