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Aturia alabamensis

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Aturiidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus alabamensis was named by Morton (1834) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Eocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Aturia (Brazaturia) alabamensis by Stenzel (1935); it was recombined as Aturia alabamanensis by Powell and Baum (1982); it was recombined as Aturia alabamensis by Olsson (1928), Miller and Furnish (1938), Harris and Palmer (1947), Kummel (1956), Palmer and Brann (1965) and Squires (1988).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Nautilus alabamensis Morton p. 33 figs. pl. 18, fig. 3
1928Aturia alabamensis Olsson pp. 96-99
1935Aturia (Brazaturia) alabamensis Stenzel p. 556 figs. Pl 63, fig 2; text-fig 5
1938Aturia alabamensis Miller and Furnish p. 153
1947Aturia alabamensis Harris and Palmer p. 465
1956Aturia alabamensis Kummel p. 331
1965Aturia alabamensis Palmer and Brann p. 373
1982Aturia alabamanensis Powell and Baum
1988Aturia alabamensis Squires p. 79 figs. 2.2, 3.5-3.8

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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
speciesalabamensis(Morton 1834)

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 alabamensis Morton 1834
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height383.130.0225.085.0100.5
shell diameter3137.950.0350.0150.0152.8
shell inflation30.0110.0011.500.0010.865

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 Rupelian or 41.30000 to 28.10000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Peru (Piura) Aturia alabamensis (52527 52554)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Aturia alabamensis (99637 99675 164232 178662 180301 180308)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) Aturia alabamanensis (5344 5354)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (North Carolina) Aturia alabamanensis (5366) Aturia alabamensis (5436 5437)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.3 - 33.9USA (Alabama) Aturia alabamensis (98361 180302)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Alabama) Aturia alabamensis (166098 180303 180304 180305 180306)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) Aturia alabamensis (167461)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Florida) Aturia alabamensis (3535 180300)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Aturia alabamensis (180307)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Mexico (Tamaulipas) Aturia alabamensis (43059)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Peru (Piura) Aturia alabamensis (88392)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Libya Aturia alabamensis (82048)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) Aturia alabamensis (5612)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Aturia alabamensis (43068)