Tohokubelus takaizumii Niko and Ehiro 2022 (belemnite)

Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Sinobelemnitidae

Full reference: S. Niko and M. Ehiro. 2022. Tohokubelus gen. nov., the oldest belemnite from the Olenekian (Lower Triassic) of northeast Japan. Paleontological Research 26:115-123

Belongs to Tohokubelus according to S. Niko and M. Ehiro 2022

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IGPS 112442, a shell. Its type locality is Heiseinomori athletic field, which is in a Spathian marine mudstone in the Osawa Formation of Japan.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Heiseinomori athletic field

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