Information about Argonauta Itoigawai

Argonauta itoigawai
Fossil range: Pliocene
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
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

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.
The Pliocene epoch (spelled Pleiocene in some older texts) is the period in the geologic timescale that extends from 5.332 million to 1.806 million years before present.

The Pliocene is the second epoch of the Neogene period in the Cenozoic era.
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Mollusca
Linnaeus, 1758

Classes

Caudofoveata
Aplacophora
Polyplacophora
Monoplacophora
Bivalvia
Scaphopoda
Gastropoda
Cephalopoda
† Rostroconchia
† Helcionelloida
† ?Bellerophontida
The molluscs
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Cephalopoda
Cuvier, 1797

Orders

Subclass Nautiloidea
  • †Plectronocerida
  • †Ellesmerocerida
  • †Actinocerida
  • †Pseudorthocerida
  • †Endocerida
  • †Tarphycerida
  • †Oncocerida

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Octopoda
Leach, 1818

Suborders

Pohlsepia (incertae sedis)
Proteroctopus (incertae sedis)
Palaeoctopus (incertae sedis)
Cirrina
Incirrina
Synonyms

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Argonautidae
Tryon, 1879

Genera

Argonauta
Izumonauta
Kapal
Mizuhobaris
Obinautilus

Argonautidae
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Argonauta
Linnaeus, 1758

Species

Argonauta absyrtus
Argonauta argo (type)
Argonauta bottgeri
Argonauta cornuta*
Argonauta hians
Argonauta itoigawai

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extinction is the cessation of existence of a species or group of taxa, reducing biodiversity. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of that species (although the capacity to breed and recover may have been lost before this point).
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Octopoda
Leach, 1818

Suborders

Pohlsepia (incertae sedis)
Proteroctopus (incertae sedis)
Palaeoctopus (incertae sedis)
Cirrina
Incirrina
Synonyms

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The Pliocene epoch (spelled Pleiocene in some older texts) is the period in the geologic timescale that extends from 5.332 million to 1.806 million years before present.

The Pliocene is the second epoch of the Neogene period in the Cenozoic era.
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