Aturia is an extinct genus of Paleocene to Miocene nautilids within Aturiidae, a monotypic family, established by Campman in 1857 for Aturia Bronn, 1838, and is included in the superfamily Nautilaceae in Kümmel 1964.
Extinction
Because of its slow reproductive rate, slow lateral migration, and limited escape response, Aturia was extremely vulnerable to predation by pinnipeds, and its extinction likely occurred as a result of the radiation of pinnipeds throughout the oceans that it lived in. ==See also==