Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae
Synonym: Paraturia Spath 1927 [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Hercoglossidae according to V. N. Shimansky 1975
See also Glenister et al. 1956, Miller and Thompson 1935, Sepkoski 2002 and Teichert et al. 1964
Sister taxa: Cimomia, Deltoidonautilus, Hercoglossa, Pseudaturoidea, Teichertia
Subtaxa: Aturoidea brunlechneri Aturoidea brunnschweileri Aturoidea distans Aturoidea mathewsonii Aturoidea olssoni Aturoidea parkinsoni Aturoidea paucifex Aturoidea pilsbryi Aturoidea vieirai
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Australia (4 collections), Austria (1), Peru (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (2: Alabama, New Jersey)
• Paleocene of Australia (6), Egypt (1), United States (2: California, New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Angola (1)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
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