†Nanaimoteuthis Tanabe 2008 (octopus)
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Synonym: Paleocirroteuthis 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
Parent taxon: Cirrata according to S. Ikegami et al. 2026
See also Tanabe 2008 and Tanabe and Hikida 2010
Sister taxa: Cirroteuthidae, Opisthoteuthidae
Subtaxa: Nanaimoteuthis haggarti Nanaimoteuthis jeletzkyi Nanaimoteuthis yokotai
Type: Nanaimoteuthis jeletzkyi
Ecology: fast-moving nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (4: British Columbia collections), Japan (7)
Total: 11 collections including 12 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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