†Argonauta tokunagai Yokoyama 1913 (octopus)
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Cephalopoda - Octopoda - Argonautidae
Full reference: M. Yokoyama. 1913. On two new fossil Cephalopoda from the Tertiary of Izumo. Journal of the Geological Society of Tokyo 20:1-3
Belongs to Argonauta according to T. Sakumoto et al. 1996
See also Yokoyama 1913
Sister taxa: Argonauta absyrtus, Argonauta argo, Argonauta biarmata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Yaegaki Temple, south of Chausuyama, Agenoukimura, which is in a Serravallian offshore sandstone in the Fujina Formation of Japan
Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Japan (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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