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Aturia lotzi
Taxonomy
Aturia lotzi was named by Böhm (1913) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; South Africa.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Langental, NE of Bogenfels, which is in a Priabonian shallow subtidal siltstone/sandstone in the Langental Beds Formation of Namibia.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1913 | Aturia lotzi Böhm p. 74 figs. Pl 12, figs 1,1a; text-figs 2,2a |
1926 | Aturia lotzi Bohm p. 72 |
1951 | Aturia lotzi Miller p. 72 figs. Pl 29, figs 1,2; pl 30, figs 1,2 |
1956 | Aturia lotzi Miller and Furnish p. 327 |
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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 lotzi Böhm 1913
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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shell height | 2 | 74.2 | 51.0 | 108.0 | 79.5 | 40.3 | |
shell diameter | 2 | 118.5 | 78.0 | 180.0 | 129.0 | 72.1 | |
shell inflation | 2 | 0.063 | 0.001 | 4.00 | 2.00 | 2.83 |
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References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 |
Age range: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Eocene | South Africa (Western Cape) | Aturia lotzi (81523) | |
Priabonian | Namibia (Sperrgebiet) | Aturia lotzi (type locality: 149316) |