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Aturoidea ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Hercoglossidae : Aturoidea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Aturoidea Vredenburg, 1925 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Mem. Geol. Surv. India, 50 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 101 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 41.3 - 38.0 Ma Eocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Nautilida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Nautilida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Nautilida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Aturia brunlechneri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Aturia mathewsonii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Aturia pancifex species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Aturoidea brunlechneri ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 47.8 Ma Eocene | 47.8 Ma Eocene | |
| Aturoidea brunnschweileri ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 41.3 Ma Eocene | |
| Aturoidea delphinus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Aturoidea distans ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 59.2 Ma Paleocene | 59.2 Ma Paleocene | |
| Aturoidea mathewsonii ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 61.6 Ma Paleocene | 61.6 Ma Paleocene | |
| Aturoidea olssoni ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 47.8 Ma Eocene | 47.8 Ma Eocene | |
| Aturoidea parkinsoni ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |
| Aturoidea paucifex ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Aturoidea pilsbryi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |
| Aturoidea vieirai ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Nautilus parkinsoni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1925 | Aturoidea Vredenburg |
| 1927 | Paraturia Spath |
| 1956 | Aturoidea Glenister et al. p. 499 |
| 1964 | Aturoidea Teichert et al. p. 456 |
| 1975 | Aturoidea Shimansky p. 146 |
| 2002 | Aturoidea Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
