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Aturia myrlae
Taxonomy
Aturia myrli was named by Hanna (1927). Its type specimen is UCMP 31089, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP 3989, Tecolote Valley, which is in a Lutetian submarine fan shale in the Ardath Formation of California.
It was corrected as Aturia myrlae by Schenck (1931), Miller (1947), Squires (1984) and Squires and Demetrion (1992).
It was corrected as Aturia myrlae by Schenck (1931), Miller (1947), Squires (1984) and Squires and Demetrion (1992).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1927 | Aturia myrli Hanna p. 331 figs. pl. 67, figs. 1, 6 |
| 1931 | Aturia myrlae Schenck p. 454 figs. pl. 67, 68; text figs. 4-3, 4-19 |
| 1947 | Aturia myrlae Miller p. 100 figs. pl. 76, figs. 2, 3; pl. 77, figs. 1, 2; pl. 92, figs. 6, 7 |
| 1984 | Aturia myrlae Squires p. 54 fig. 13a |
| 1992 | Aturia myrlae Squires and Demetrion p. 43 |
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†Aturia myrlae Hanna 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 2 | 67.8 | 50.0 | 92.0 | 71.0 | 29.7 | |
| shell diameter | 2 | 102.5 | 75.0 | 140.0 | 107.5 | 46.0 | |
| shell inflation | 2 | 0.055 | 0.001 | 3.00 | 1.50 | 2.12 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||