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Eutrephoceras tawaense

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae

Taxonomy
Eutrephoceras tawaense was named by Furuichi (1982). Its type specimen is Kagawa Natural Science Mus K-4-50, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tawa pit, Nagao-cho, Ookawa-gun (unit B), which is in a Campanian marine mudstone in the Nakato Shale Formation of Japan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Eutrephoceras tawaense Furuichi p. 336 figs. Pl 54, figs 1-4; text-figs 1-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyNautilidaede Blainville 1825
genusEutrephoceras
speciestawaense

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Eutrephoceras tawaense Furuichi 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height1126.5
shell diameter1213.3
shell inflation17.70

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-27 10:10:59
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:59
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Japan Eutrephoceras tawaense (type locality: 166255)