†family Aturiidae Chapman 1857 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Aturiidae

Alternative spellings: Aturidae, Aturinae

Parent taxon: Nautiloidea according to K. I. Schnetler and C. Heilmann-Clausen 2011

See also Beu 1968, Moore 1963, Moore 1984, Sastry and Mathur 1968, Squires 1984, Teichert et al. 1964, Tomida et al. 2002 and Woodring 1982

Sister taxa: Cenoceratidae, Cymatoceratidae, Hercoglossidae, Nautilidae, Paracenoceratidae, Pseudonautilidae

Subtaxa: Aturia

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection)

• Miocene of Algeria (1), Angola (1), Australia (15), Austria (4), Brazil (2), Chile (11), Colombia (1), Costa Rica (3), Cuba (3), Cyprus (4), Egypt (2), France (18), Germany (1), Grenada (1), Haiti (1), India (3), Indonesia (2), Italy (15), Japan (17), Madagascar (1), Malta (1), Martinique (1), Mexico (2), New Zealand (12), Pakistan (2), Panama (1), Slovakia (1), Tonga (1), United States (19: California, Florida, North Carolina, Oregon, Washington), Venezuela (3)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1), United States (2: Alaska, Washington)

• Oligocene of Argentina (1), Australia (4), Belgium (1), France (1), Japan (2), Mexico (2), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (1), Pakistan (2), Panama (1), Taiwan (1), United States (35: Alaska, California, Mississippi, Oregon, Washington)

• Eocene of Angola (1), Antarctica (3), Australia (20), Chile (5), Colombia (5), Croatia (1), Denmark (1), Egypt (2), France (4), India (1), Israel (3), Italy (3), Jamaica (1), Japan (7), Libya (1), Mexico (4), Namibia (1), the Netherlands Antilles (1), New Zealand (4), Panama (4), Peru (11), South Africa (2), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (7), United States (66: Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Washington), Venezuela (2)

• Paleocene to Eocene of the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: California)

• Paleocene of Australia (1), Austria (1), Egypt (2), United States (3: Louisiana, New Jersey, Texas)

• Paleogene of Libya (1)

Total: 377 collections including 398 occurrences

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