| Teudopseina Temporal range:
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| Fossil of Muensterella scutellaris | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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,[1] 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.[2]
- ^ Fuchs, Dirk & Weis, Robert. (2010). Taxonomy, morphology and phylogeny of Lower Jurassic teudopseid coleoids (Cephalopoda). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 257. 351-366. 10.1127/0077-7749/2010/0083.
- ^ Tree of Life Project: Teudopseina. Tree of Life Web Project. Retrieved 2022-01-15.