Full reference: K. Tanabe, Y. Hikida, and Y. Iba. 2006. Two coleoid jaws from the Upper Cretaceous of Hokkaido, Japan. Journal of Paleontology 80:138-145
Parent taxon: Oegopsina according to K. Tanabe et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Ancistrocheiridae, Architeuthidae, Bathyteuthidae, Batoteuthidae, Brachioteuthidae, Chiroteuthidae, Chtenopterygidae, Cranchiidae, Cycloteuthidae, Enoploteuthidae, Gonatidae, Histioteuthidae, Jobiniteuthidae, Lepidoteuthidae, Lycoteuthidae, Magnapinnidae, Mastigoteuthidae, Neotheuthidae, Octopoteuthidae, Ommastrephidae, Onychoteuthidae, Promachoteuthidae, Pyroteuthidae, Thysanoteuthidae, Walvisteuthidae
Subtaxa: Yezoteuthis giganteus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Wakkawenbetsu Creek, Nakagawa Town (Cretaceous of Japan)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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