Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Aturiidae
Full reference: J. Böhm. 1913. Über tertiäre Versteinerungen von den Bogenfelser Diamantfeldern. I. Bryozoen, Mollusken, Krebs und Fische. Beiträge zur Geologischen Erforschung der Deutschen Schutzgebiete 5:59-83
Belongs to Aturia according to A. K. Miller and W. M. Furnish 1956
See also Böhm 1913, Bohm 1926 and Miller 1951
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 luculoensis, Aturia mackayi, Aturia matsushitai, 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: Its type locality is Langental, NE of Bogenfels, which is in a Priabonian shallow subtidal siltstone/sandstone in the Langental Beds Formation of Namibia
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 118.5
Distribution:
• Eocene of Namibia (1 collection), South Africa (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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