Pohlsepia mazonensis
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Pohlsepia mazonensis is the earliest described octopod, dated at approximately 296 million years old. The species is known from a single exceptionally preserved fossil discovered in the Upper Carboniferous Mazon Creek of Illinois.[1]
Pohlsepia mazonensis is named after its discoverer, James Pohl, and the type locality, Mazon Creek.[1]
The type specimen is deposited at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois.[1]
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- ^ a b c Kluessendorf, J. & P. Doyle 2000. Pohlsepia mazonensis, an early 'octopus' from the Carboniferous of Illinois, USA.PDF Palaeontology 43(5): 919-926.
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