Paracymatoceras tunghaicum Matsumoto and Amano 1964 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Full reference: T. Matsumoto and M. Amano. 1964. Notes on a Cretaceous nautiloid from Kyushu. Transactions and Proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan, N.S. 53:173-178

Belongs to Paracymatoceras according to T. Matsumoto and M. Amano 1964

Sister taxa: Paracymatoceras asper, Paracymatoceras milleri, Paracymatoceras mondegoense, Paracymatoceras rota, Paracymatoceras rufum

Type specimen: GK.H6401, a partial shell. Its type locality is Hirokino-tani, Kashiwaguri, Shishi-jima, which is in a Cenomanian marine sandstone in the Goshonoura Formation of Japan.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Japan (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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