Aturia stansburiensis Glaessner 1955 (nautiloid)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Aturiidae

Full reference: M. F. Glaessner. 1955. Pelagic fossils (Aturia, penguins, whales) from the Tertiary of South Australia. Records of the South Australia Museum 353-371

Belongs to Aturia according to M. F. Glaessner 1955

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 lotzi, Aturia luculoensis, Aturia mackayi, Aturia matsushitai, Aturia myrlae, Aturia narica, Aturia panamensis, Aturia peruviana, Aturia praeziczac, Aturia richardsi, Aturia rovasendiana, Aturia somaliensis, Aturia triangula, Aturia turneri, Aturia vanuxemi, Aturia yokoyamai, Aturia ziczac

Type specimen: AUGD F15109. Its type locality is Stansbury, Yorke Peninsula, which is in a Chattian carbonate limestone in the Port Willunga Formation of Australia.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 120.0

Distribution: found only at Stansbury, Yorke Peninsula

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