Aturia colombiana Anderson 1928 (nautiloid)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Aturiidae

Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1928. Notes on Lower Tertiary deposits of Colombia and their molluscan and foraminiferal fauna. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 17(1):1-29

Belongs to Aturia according to B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham 1946

See also Anderson 1928 and Miller and Furnish 1939

Sister taxa: Aturia (Aturia), Aturia (Brazaturia), Aturia (Nilaturia), Aturia (Sphenaturia), Aturia alabamensis, Aturia alaskensis, Aturia angustata, Aturia aturi, Aturia berryi, Aturia brazoensis, Aturia brueggeni, Aturia caroliameghinoi, Aturia clarkei, Aturia coxi, Aturia cubaensis, Aturia dickersoni, Aturia felschi, Aturia formae, Aturia garretti, Aturia grandior, Aturia gujaratensis, Aturia kerniana, Aturia laticlavia, Aturia lotzi, Aturia luculoensis, Aturia mackayi, Aturia matsushitai, Aturia myrlae, Aturia narica, Aturia panamensis, Aturia peruviana, Aturia praeziczac, Aturia richardsi, Aturia rovasendiana, Aturia somaliensis, Aturia stansburiensis, Aturia triangula, Aturia turneri, Aturia vanuxemi, Aturia yokoyamai, Aturia ziczac

Type specimen: Its type locality is El Carmen, 6 mi. SW of (Horizon F), which is in a Bartonian coastal shale/sandstone in Colombia.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Colombia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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