†Nanaimoteuthis jeletzkyi Tanabe 2008 (octopus)
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Synonym: Paleocirroteuthis pacifica Tanabe 2008
Full reference: K. Tanabe. 2008. Taxonomic names, in Late Cretaceous octobrachiate coleoid lower jaws from the north Pacific regions. Journal of Paleontology 82:398-408
Belongs to Nanaimoteuthis according to S. Ikegami et al. 2026
See also Tanabe 2008
Sister taxa: Nanaimoteuthis haggarti, Nanaimoteuthis yokotai
Type specimens:
- Nanaimoteuthis jeletzkyi: CDM2006.1.1, an other (lower jaw). Its type locality is West side of Inland Highway (locality 2), which is in a Campanian marine siliciclastic in the Pender Formation of Canada.
- Paleocirroteuthis pacifica: CDM2006.2.1, an other (lower jaw). Its type locality is West side of Inland Highway (locality 1), which is in a Campanian marine siliciclastic in the Pender Formation of Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (2: British Columbia collections), Japan (5)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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