Aturia dickersoni Schenck 1931 (nautiloid)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Aturiidae

Full reference: H. G. Schenck. 1931. Cephalopods of the genus Aturia from western North America. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 19:435-490

Belongs to Aturia according to A. K. Miller 1947

See also Schenck 1931

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 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

Type specimen: UCMP 11840, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP 150, Pine Canyon, which is in a Selandian/Lutetian carbonate limestone in California.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at UCMP 150, Pine Canyon

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