†Calliconites shimizui Niko and Ehiro 2018 (belemnite)
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Cephalopoda - Aulacoceratida - Xiphoteuthididae
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
Belongs to Calliconites according to S. Niko and M. Ehiro 2018
Sister taxa: Calliconites drakei, Calliconites milleri, Calliconites nevadensis
Type specimen: IGPS 111759, a shell. Its type locality is Cape Tatezaki, Utatsu, Minamisanriku Town, Miyagi Prefecture, which is in a Spathian marine siliciclastic in the Osawa Formation of Japan.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Cape Tatezaki, Utatsu, Minamisanriku Town, Miyagi Prefecture
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