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Aturia brazoensis
Taxonomy
Aturia (Brazaturia) brazoensis was named by Stenzel (1935) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Eocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. Its type specimen is BEG 20908, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Aturia brazoensis by Miller and Downs (1950) and Palmer and Brann (1965).
It was recombined as Aturia brazoensis by Miller and Downs (1950) and Palmer and Brann (1965).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1935 | Aturia (Brazaturia) brazoensis Stenzel p. 559 figs. Pl 64; figs 1a-f; text-fig 3 |
| 1950 | Aturia brazoensis Miller and Downs p. 10 figs. Pl 9, figs 5,6 |
| 1965 | Aturia brazoensis Palmer and Brann p. 373 |
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†Aturia brazoensis Stenzel 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 3 | 76.1 | 62.0 | 106.0 | 67.0 | 24.1 | |
| shell diameter | 3 | 122.0 | 102.0 | 171.0 | 104.0 | 39.3 | |
| shell inflation | 3 | 0.015 | 0.001 | 3.50 | 0.001 | 2.02 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ypresian - Bartonian | USA (Texas) | Aturia brazoensis (98896) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Texas) | Aturia brazoensis (90651 180410) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Texas) | Aturia brazoensis (41427 99061 180309 180378) |