Paleocirroteuthis haggarti Tanabe 2008 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Cirroctopodida

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 Paleocirroteuthis according to K. Tanabe 2008

Sister taxon: Paleocirroteuthis pacifica

Type specimen: CDM994.59.9, an other (lower jaw). Its type locality is Puntledge River (locality 3, Eupachydiscus haradai subzone), which is in a Santonian marine siliciclastic in the Haslam Formation of Canada.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (2: British Columbia collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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