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Aturia stansburiensis

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Aturiidae

Taxonomy
Aturia stansburiensis was named by Glaessner (1955). Its type specimen is AUGD F15109. Its type locality is Stansbury, Yorke Peninsula, which is in a Chattian carbonate limestone in the Port Willunga Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Aturia stansburiensis Glaessner p. 357 figs. Plate 34, Fig. 1a, b

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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
speciesstansburiensis

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 stansburiensis Glaessner 1955
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height171.0
shell diameter1120.0
shell inflation10.001

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Chattian or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Australia (South Australia) Aturia stansburiensis (type locality: 50362)