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Aturia dickersoni

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Aturiidae

Taxonomy
Aturia dickersoni was named by Schenck (1931). Its type specimen is UCMP 11840, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP 150, Pine Canyon, which is in a Selandian/Lutetian carbonate limestone in California.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Aturia dickersoni Schenck p. 451 figs. Pl 66, fig 3; text-fig 4-18
1947Aturia dickersoni Miller p. 94 figs. pl. 86, fig. 3

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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
speciesdickersoni

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 dickersoni Schenck 1931
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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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Selandian to the top of the Lutetian or 61.60000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian - Lutetian61.6 - 41.3USA (California) Aturia dickersoni (type locality: 166330)