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Aturia garretti

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Aturiidae

Taxonomy
Aturia (Brazaturia) garretti was named by Stenzel (1940) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Eocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. Its type specimen is LSU 2001, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Aturia garretti by Miller (1947) and Palmer and Brann (1965).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Aturia (Brazaturia) garretti Stenzel p. 732 figs. pl. 42, figs. 1-3
1947Aturia garretti Miller p. 97 figs. pl. 75, figs. 1, 2
1965Aturia garretti Palmer and Brann p. 374

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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
speciesgarretti(Stenzel 1940)

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 garretti Stenzel 1940
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height1102.0
shell diameter1168.0
shell inflation15.00

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: Bartonian or 41.30000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) Aturia garretti (98935)