†Foordiceras akiyamai Hayasaka 1960 (nautiloid)
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Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Full reference: I. Hayasaka. 1960. A new Permian species of Foordiceras from the Kitakami Mountains. Bulletin of the National Science Museum (Tokyo) 5:86-94
Belongs to Foordiceras according to I. Hayasaka 1960
Sister taxa: Foordiceras dolomiticum, Foordiceras flemingianum, Foordiceras goliathum, Foordiceras grypoceroides, Foordiceras mammiferum, Foordiceras ornatissimum
Type specimen: Its type locality is Tagara, Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture, which is in a Wordian marine siliciclastic in the Kanokura Formation of Japan
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Tagara, Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture
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