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Aturia praeziczac

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Aturiidae

Taxonomy
Aturia praeziczac was named by Oppenheim (1902). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Schech-Abd-el-Ourun, Thebes, which is in a Ypresian offshore shale in the Esna Formation of Egypt. It is the type species of Aturia (Nilaturia).

It was recombined as Aturia (Nilaturia) praeziczac by Stenzel (1935).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Aturia praeziczac Oppenheim p. 436 figs. pl. 7, figs. 1-3
1935Aturia (Nilaturia) praeziczac Stenzel p. 554 figs. Pl 63, fig 1; text-fig 4
1947Aturia praeziczac Miller p. 105 figs. pl. 95, figs. 1-4

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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
speciespraeziczac

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 praeziczac Oppenheim 1902
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height114.0
shell diameter133.0
shell inflation11.50

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: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Egypt Aturia praeziczac (type locality: 169302)