Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Aturiidae
Synonym: Deltoidonautilus bakeri Teichert 1947
Full reference: C. Teichert. 1944. The genus Aturia in the Tertiary of Australia. Journal of Paleontology 18:73-82
Belongs to Aturia according to T. A. Darragh and G. W. Kendrick 2010
See also Darragh and Kendrick 2008, Glaessner 1955, Glenister et al. 1956, Teichert 1944, Teichert 1947 and Teichert and Cotton 1949
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 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 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
Subtaxa: Aturia clarkei attenuata
Type specimens:
- Aturia clarkei: UWA 21406, a shell. Its type locality is Kennedy Range, north of Merlinleigh Homestead, which is in a Lutetian shoreface sandstone in the Merlinleigh Sandstone Formation of Australia.
- Deltoidonautilus bakeri: University of Melbourne 1939, a shell. Its type locality is Near Princetown, 0.5 miles NW of Point Ronald (reworked), which is in an Eocene marine sandstone in the Clifton Formation of Australia.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 75.2
Distribution:
• Eocene of Australia (20 collections)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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