Argonauta itoigawai
| Argonauta itoigawai Temporal range: Pliocene | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Argonautidae |
| Genus: | Argonauta |
| Species: | †A. itoigawai |
| Binomial name | |
| Argonauta itoigawai Tomida, 1983 | |
Argonauta itoigawai 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]
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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 5/6/2013. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.