Biology:Argonauta tokunagai

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Short description: Extinct species of mollusc

Argonauta tokunagai
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Argonautidae
Genus: Argonauta
Species:
A. tokunagai
Binomial name
Argonauta tokunagai
Yokoyama, 1913

Argonauta tokunagai is an extinct species of octopus. It was described in 1913 based on fossil material from the Middle Miocene Huzina Formation of Japan .[1]

Undescribed fossil species of Argonauta related to this taxon have been temporarily designated Argonauta cf. tokunagai and Argonauta "tokunagai".[2]

References

  • Kobayashi, T. (1956). A palaeo-meteorological interpretation to the occurrence of the Argonautinae in Province Kaga, central Japan. Japanese Journal of Geology and Geography 27(2–4): 93–104.

Wikidata ☰ Q4789676 entry