†Nanaimoteuthis yokotai Tanabe and Hikida 2010 (vampire squids)
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Full reference: K. Tanabe and Y. Hikida. 2010. Jaws of a new species of Nanaimoteuthis (Coleoidea: Vampyromorphida) from the Turonian of Hokkaido, Japan. Paleontological Research 14:145-150
Belongs to Nanaimoteuthis according to K. Tanabe and Y. Hikida 2010
Sister taxon: Nanaimoteuthis jeletzkyi
Type specimen: UMUT MM 30337, an other (lower jaw). Its type locality is Satonosawa Creek, Tappu area, which is in a Turonian marine siliciclastic in Japan.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Japan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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