Obinautilus awaensis

Obinautilus awaensis
Obinautilus awaensis
Temporal range: Pliocene
Obinautilus awaensis fossil eggcase
(70 mm) from Awa, Chiba Prefecture.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Argonautidae
Genus: Obinautilus
Species: O. awaensis
Binomial name
Obinautilus awaensis
(Tomida, 1983)
Synonyms
  • Argonauta awaensis
    Tomida, 1983

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]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Martill, D.M. & M.J. Barker (2006). A paper nautilus (Octopoda, Argonauta) from the Miocene Pakhna Formation of Cyprus. Palaeontology 49 (5): 1035-1041.
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