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Paleocirroteuthis pacifica

Cephalopoda - Cirroctopodida

Taxonomy
Paleocirroteuthis pacifica was named by Tanabe (2008). Its type specimen is CDM2006.2.1, an other (lower jaw), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is West side of Inland Highway (locality 1), which is in a Campanian marine siliciclastic in the Pender Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Paleocirroteuthis pacifica Tanabe p. 404 figs. 6.4-6.6, 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
—Neocoleoidea
superorderOctobrachiaFiorini 1981
orderCirroctopodida(Young 1989)
genusPaleocirroteuthis
speciespacifica

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Diagnosis
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