Obinautilus awaensis
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| Obinautilus awaensis Fossil range: Pliocene |
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| Obinautilus awaensis (Tomida, 1983) |
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Obinautilus awaensis is an extinct species of octopus. It was described in 1983 based on fossil material from the Pliocene Senhata Formation in Boso Peninsula, Japan.[1]
This taxon was originally described as a species of Argonauta, but has since been transferred to the genus Obinautilus.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Tomida, S. (1983). Two new fossil Argonauta and firstly discovered Aturia coxi Miller from the late Tertiary of Boso Peninsula, Japan. Muzunami-shi Fossil Museum Bulletin 10: 107-116.
- ^ Martill, D.M. & M.J. Barker (2006). A paper nautilus (Octopoda, Argonauta) from the Miocene Pakhna Formation of Cyprus. Palaeontology 49 (5): 1035-1041.
