Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae
Alternative combination: Aturia mathewsonii
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:57-217
Belongs to Aturoidea according to H. E. Vokes 1937
See also Gabb 1864, Miller and Thompson 1935 and Schenck 1931
Sister taxa: Aturoidea brunlechneri, Aturoidea brunnschweileri, Aturoidea distans, Aturoidea olssoni, Aturoidea parkinsoni, Aturoidea paucifex, Aturoidea pilsbryi, Aturoidea vieirai
Type specimen: UCMP 31893, a shell. Its type locality is Martiñez, which is in a Selandian/Thanetian coastal sandstone in the Vine Hill Formation of California.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 155.0
Distribution: found only at Martiñez
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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