TOP - NAUTILOID. Aturia Aturi. EOCENE. MOROCCO. Nº 1
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Reference Number: Avaluer:44253360 |
Aturia aturi. Eocene. Boujdour. Sahara. Morocco. excellent FOSSIL NATURAL .size : 8 cm. weight: 161 g
Aturia is characterized by a smooth, highly involute, discoidal shell with a complex suture and subdorsal siphuncle. The shell of Aturia is rounded ventrally and flattened laterally; the dorsum is deeply inpressed. The suture, one of the most complex in t...he Nautiloidea, has a broad flattened ventral saddle, narrow pointed lateral lobes, broad rounded lateral saddles, broad lobes on the dorso-umbilical slopes, and a broad dorsal saddle divided by a deep, narrow median lobe. The siphuncle is moderate in size and located subdorsally in the adapical dorsal flexture of the septum. Based on the feeding and hunting behaviors of living nautiluses, Aturia most likely preyed upon small fish and crustaceans <<EXCELLENT FOSSIL>>>100% naturalExcellent detailing FOSSILS MANY MORE IN MY EBAY STORE .
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