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Aturia laticlavia

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Aturiidae

Taxonomy
Aturia (Brazaturia) laticlavia was named by Stenzel (1935) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Eocene; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. Its type specimen is BEG 20900, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bald Mound , which is in a Lutetian shoreface marl in the Weches Formation of Texas.

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

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Aturia (Brazaturia) laticlavia Stenzel p. 558 figs. Pl. 63, figs. 4a-4b; text-fig 1
1947Aturia laticlavia Miller p. 98
1965Aturia laticlavia 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
specieslaticlavia()

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 laticlavia Stenzel 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: Lutetian or 47.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Aturia laticlavia (type locality: 92219)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Louisiana) Aturia laticlavia (98778)