Eutrephoceras tawaense Furuichi 1982 (nautiloid)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Full reference: M. Furuichi. 1982. A new nautiloid species from the Upper Cretaceous Izumi Group of Shikoku. Transactions and Proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan, N.S. 126:334-340

Belongs to Eutrephoceras according to M. Furuichi 1982

Sister taxa: Eutrephoceras (Simplicioceras), Eutrephoceras ahltenense, Eutrephoceras alcesense, Eutrephoceras allani, Eutrephoceras allionii, Eutrephoceras angolaense, Eutrephoceras antarcticum, Eutrephoceras astierianum, Eutrephoceras azraqensis, Eutrephoceras bellerophon, Eutrephoceras berryi, Eutrephoceras blanki, Eutrephoceras boissieri, Eutrephoceras bouchardianum, Eutrephoceras burundukhajense, Eutrephoceras carolinense, Eutrephoceras carolinensis, Eutrephoceras charpentieri, Eutrephoceras claramontanum, Eutrephoceras clementinum, Eutrephoceras dartevellei, Eutrephoceras darupense, Eutrephoceras decorum, Eutrephoceras dekayi, Eutrephoceras depressum, Eutrephoceras donbassicum, Eutrephoceras dorbignyanum, Eutrephoceras douvillei, Eutrephoceras dubaleni, Eutrephoceras expansum, Eutrephoceras eyerdami, Eutrephoceras faxoense, Eutrephoceras flammeum, Eutrephoceras globosum, Eutrephoceras hacobjani, Eutrephoceras hallidayi, Eutrephoceras hannai, Eutrephoceras indicum, Eutrephoceras insigne, Eutrephoceras irritilasi, Eutrephoceras izumoensis, Eutrephoceras japonicus, Eutrephoceras johnsoni, Eutrephoceras jonesi, Eutrephoceras justum, Eutrephoceras kummeli, Eutrephoceras laverdei, Eutrephoceras lentiforme, Eutrephoceras leonei, Eutrephoceras marksi, Eutrephoceras merteni, Eutrephoceras montanaense, Eutrephoceras montanensis, Eutrephoceras montmollini, Eutrephoceras moskvini, Eutrephoceras municeps, Eutrephoceras neubergicus, Eutrephoceras nodai, Eutrephoceras oregonense, Eutrephoceras parisiense, Eutrephoceras perlatus, Eutrephoceras planoventer, Eutrephoceras quadrilineatum, Eutrephoceras reesidei, Eutrephoceras rotundum, Eutrephoceras sloani, Eutrephoceras soyaense, Eutrephoceras spengleri, Eutrephoceras sphaericum, Eutrephoceras stephensoni, Eutrephoceras subfleuriausianum, Eutrephoceras subinflatum, Eutrephoceras sublaevigatum, Eutrephoceras subrotundum, Eutrephoceras traubi, Eutrephoceras tumescens, Eutrephoceras umbilicare, Eutrephoceras urbanum, Eutrephoceras uzense, Eutrephoceras vastum, Eutrephoceras victorianum, Eutrephoceras waageni

Type specimen: Kagawa Natural Science Mus K-4-50, a shell. Its type locality is Tawa pit, Nagao-cho, Ookawa-gun (unit B), which is in a Campanian marine mudstone in the Nakato Shale Formation of Japan.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 213.3

Distribution: found only at Tawa pit, Nagao-cho, Ookawa-gun (unit B)

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