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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
A. attenuata
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. ziezae, A. laticlava

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

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 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
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height247.941.056.048.510.6
shell diameter275.262.890.076.419.2
shell inflation20.0010.0010.0010.001-

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Priabonian or 47.80000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Australia (Victoria) Deltoidonautilus bakeri (179821)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Australia (Western Australia) Aturia clarkei (type locality: 179819 179826 179827 179828 179829 179830 179832 179833 179834 179835) Aturia ziczac (81000)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Australia (South Australia) Aturia clarkei (50356 50358 50360 179837 179841)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Australia (Western Australia) Aturia clarkei (82039)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.3 - 33.9Australia (Western Australia) Aturia sp. (179822)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Australia (South Australia) Aturia clarkei (50361)