Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Aturiidae
Alternative spellings: Aturidae, Aturinae
Parent taxon: Nautiloidea according to K. I. Schnetler and C. Heilmann-Clausen 2011
See also Arkell et al. 1957, Beu 1968, Chapman 1857, 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
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), the Dominican Republic (1), Egypt (2), France (18), Germany (1), Grenada (1), India (3), Indonesia (2), Italy (15), Japan (17), Madagascar (1), Malta (1), Martinique (1), Mexico (2), New Zealand (13), Pakistan (2), Panama (1), Slovakia (1), Tonga (1), United States (22: 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 (38: Alaska, California, Mississippi, Oregon, Washington)
• Eocene of Angola (1), Antarctica (3), Australia (20), Chile (5), Colombia (5), Croatia (1), Curaçao (1), Denmark (1), Egypt (2), France (4), India (1), Israel (3), Italy (3), Jamaica (1), Japan (7), Libya (1), Mexico (4), Namibia (1), New Zealand (5), Panama (4), Peru (10), 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)
• Paleogene of Libya (1)
• Paleocene of Australia (1), Austria (1), Egypt (2), United States (4: California, Louisiana, New Jersey, Texas)
Total: 385 collections including 406 occurrences