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Aturia clarkei

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Aturiidae

Taxonomy
Aturia clarkei was named by Teichert (1944) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Eocene; Western Australia.]. Its type specimen is UWA 21406, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kennedy Range, north of Merlinleigh Homestead, which is in a Lutetian shoreface sandstone in the Merlinleigh Sandstone Formation of Australia.

Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Aturia clarkei Teichert p. 79 figs. Pl 15, figs 1-4; pl 16, figs 1,2; text-fig 2
1947Deltoidonautilus bakeri Teichert p. 48 figs. 1-3
1949Aturia clarkei Teichert and Cotton p. 255 figs. Pl 21
1949Aturia clarkei attenuata Teichert and Cotton p. 255 figs. Pl 21
1955Aturia clarkei Glaessner p. 354 figs. Pl 24, fig 2; pl 25, fig 3; text-figs 1-3
1956Aturia clarkei Glenister et al. p. 502
2008Aturia clarkei Darragh and Kendrick p. 220 figs. 1.18, 1.19
2010Aturia clarkei Darragh and Kendrick p. 37 figs. 6A-J

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyAturiidaeChapman 1857
genusAturiaBronn 1838
speciesclarkei

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Aturia clarkei Teichert 1944
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Invalid names: Deltoidonautilus bakeri Teichert 1947 [synonym]
Aturia clarkei attenuata Teichert and Cotton 1949
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available