Kingdom Animalia Class Cephalopoda Family Argonautidae Scientific name Argonauta tokunagai | Phylum Mollusca Order Octopoda Genus Argonauta Rank Species | |
Similar Argonauta joanneus, Argonauta pacifica, Argonauta nouryi, Obinautilus, Argonauta cornuta | ||
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.
Undescribed fossil species of Argonauta related to this taxon have been temporarily designated Argonauta cf. tokunagai and Argonauta "tokunagai".
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