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Aturia matsushitai

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Aturiidae

Taxonomy
Aturia matsushitai was named by Kobayashi (1956). Its type specimen is UMUT CM 04684, a skeleton, and it is a mold. Its type locality is Aso Yoshikuma coal mine, Usui-town, which is in a Lutetian marine siliciclastic in the Oyaki Formation of Japan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Aturia matsushitai Kobayashi p. 243 figs. text fig. a-d

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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
speciesmatsushitai

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 matsushitai Kobayashi 1956
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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: Lutetian or 47.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Japan (Fukuoka) Aturia matsushitai (168601)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Japan Aturia matsushitai (type locality: 184299)