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Aturia peruviana

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Aturiidae

Taxonomy
Aturia alabamensis peruviana was named by Olsson (1928) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; Panama.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Aturia peruviana by Miller and Thompson (1937), Miller and Furnish (1939), Clark and Durham (1946), Miller and Downs (1950) and Miller et al. (1955).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. ziezae, A. laticlava

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Aturia alabamensis peruviana Olsson pp. 96-99 figs. pl. 24, figs. 1-3
1931Aturia alabamensis peruviana Schenck p. 546
1937Aturia peruviana Miller and Thompson p. 64
1939Aturia peruviana Miller and Furnish p. 77
1946Aturia peruviana Clark and Durham p. 12
1950Aturia peruviana Miller and Downs p. 14 figs. Pl 4, figs 5,6
1955Aturia peruviana Miller et al. p. 465 figs. Pl 51, figs 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyAturiidaeChapman 1857
genusAturiaBronn 1838
speciesperuviana()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Aturia peruviana Olsson 1928
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1129.216.060.028.014.4
shell diameter1147.227.099.045.024.2
shell inflation111.290.0016.502.002.11

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 41.30000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Panama Aturia peruviana (169276)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Peru Aturia peruviana (169277)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Peru Aturia peruviana (180403)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Netherlands Antilles (Curacao) Aturia peruviana (60090)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Peru (Piura) Aturia peruviana (55431 64544)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Venezuela Aturia peruviana (81877 134847)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Peru Aturia peruviana (55440 58685)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Panama Aturia peruviana (169208)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Peru (Piura) Aturia peruviana (52523)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Colombia (Bolivar) Aturia peruviana (3315)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Panama (Los Santos) Aturia peruviana (169207)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Colombia (Sucre) Aturia peruviana (42828)