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Aturoidea mathewsonii

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae

Taxonomy
Aturia mathewsonii was named by Gabb (1864). Its type specimen is UCMP 31893, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Martiñez, which is in a Selandian/Thanetian coastal sandstone in the Vine Hill Formation of California.

It was recombined as Aturoidea mathewsonii by Miller and Thompson (1935) and Vokes (1937).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Aturia mathewsonii Gabb p. 59 figs. Pl 17, fig 31
1931Aturia mathewsonii Schenck p. 452 figs. pl. 66, figs. 1,2; text fig. 4-2
1935Aturoidea mathewsonii Miller and Thompson p. 569
1937Aturoidea mathewsonii Vokes p. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyHercoglossidaeSpath 1927
genusAturoideaVredenburg 1925
speciesmathewsonii()

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.

†Aturoidea mathewsonii Gabb 1864
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Diagnosis
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