Aturia matsushitai Kobayashi 1956 (nautiloid)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Aturiidae

Full reference: T. Kobayashi. 1956. An interesting new form of the Aturiidae from the Paleogene of Northern Kyushu. Transactions and Proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan, N.S. 23:243-245

Belongs to Aturia according to T. Kobayashi 1956

Sister taxa: Aturia (Aturia), Aturia (Brazaturia), Aturia (Nilaturia), Aturia (Sphenaturia), Aturia alabamensis, Aturia alaskensis, Aturia angustata, Aturia aturi, Aturia berryi, Aturia brazoensis, Aturia brueggeni, Aturia caroliameghinoi, Aturia clarkei, Aturia colombiana, Aturia coxi, Aturia cubaensis, Aturia dickersoni, Aturia felschi, Aturia formae, Aturia garretti, Aturia grandior, Aturia gujaratensis, Aturia kerniana, Aturia laticlavia, Aturia lotzi, Aturia luculoensis, Aturia mackayi, Aturia myrlae, Aturia narica, Aturia panamensis, Aturia peruviana, Aturia praeziczac, Aturia richardsi, Aturia rovasendiana, Aturia somaliensis, Aturia stansburiensis, Aturia triangula, Aturia turneri, Aturia vanuxemi, Aturia yokoyamai, Aturia ziczac

Type specimen: UMUT CM 04684, a skeleton. Its type locality is Aso Yoshikuma coal mine, Usui-town, which is in a Lutetian marine siliciclastic in the Oyaki Formation of Japan.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Japan (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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