Bukkenites nitidus Tozer 1994 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae

Full reference: E. T. Tozer. 1994. Canadian Triassic Ammonoid Faunas. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 467:1-663

Belongs to Bukkenites according to E. T. Tozer 1994

Sister taxa: Bukkenites incisus, Bukkenites macilentus, Bukkenites nanus, Bukkenites sakesarensis, Bukkenites strigatus

Type specimen: GSC 18896. Its type locality is GSC 64765, Camp Five Creek, Axel Heiberg Island, which is in a Griesbachian marine siliciclastic in the Blind Fiord Formation of Canada.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 61.8

Distribution:

• Triassic of Canada (4: Nunavut collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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