Miyagiteuthis Niko and Ehiro 2018 (belemnite)

Cephalopoda - Aulacocerida - Aulacoceratidae

Full reference: S. Niko and M. Ehiro. 2018. Aulacocerid coleoids from the Triassic of the South Kitakami Belt, northeast Japan. Bulletin of the Tohoku University Museum 17:1-8

Parent taxon: Aulacoceratidae according to S. Niko and M. Ehiro 2018

Sister taxa: Aulacoceras, Buelowiteuthis, Dictyoconites

Subtaxa: Miyagiteuthis nipponica

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Type: Dictyoconites nipponicus

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Western coast of Niranohama (Triassic of Japan)

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