Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae
Full reference: Y. Shigeta. 2013. A new species of Tanabeceras (Ammonoidea, Gaudryceratidae) from the lowest Cenomanian of Hokkaido, Japan. Paleontological Research 17:312-316
Belongs to Tanabeceras according to Y. Shigeta 2013
Sister taxa: Tanabeceras drushtchici, Tanabeceras michelianum, Tanabeceras mikasaense, Tanabeceras nakagawaense, Tanabeceras pombetsense, Tanabeceras yezoense
Type specimen: TKD 30051, a shell. Its type locality is Locality 81005, Suribachi-zawa, which is in a Cenomanian marine mudstone in Japan.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 18.7
Distribution: found only at Locality 81005, Suribachi-zawa
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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