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Aturoidea vieirai

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Hercoglossidae

Taxonomy
Aturoidea vieirai was named by Miller (1951). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Catumbela, Benguela, which is in a Cretaceous carbonate horizon in Angola.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Aturoidea vieirai Miller p. 69 figs. Pl 28, figs 1,2
1956Aturoidea vieirai Miller and Carpenter p. 45 figs. pl. 6, figs. 1,2

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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
speciesvieirai

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 vieirai Miller 1951
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height1125.0
shell diameter1200.0
shell inflation16.50

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Cretaceous or 100.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Angola Aturoidea vieirai (type locality: 83991)