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Aturoidea pilsbryi

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae

Taxonomy
Aturoidea pilsbryi was named by Miller and Thompson (1935) [DISTRIBUTION: Paleocene; Atlantic Coastal Plain.]. Its type specimen is ANSP 13137, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Medford (Wister collection), which is in a Ypresian offshore limestone in the Manasquan Formation of New Jersey.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Aturoidea pilsbryi Miller and Thompson p. 568 figs. pl. 66, figs. 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyHercoglossidaeSpath 1927
genusAturoideaVredenburg 1925
speciespilsbryi

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.

†Aturoidea pilsbryi Miller and Thompson 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (New Jersey) Aturoidea pilsbryi (type locality: 80978)