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Burckhardtites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Burckhardites was named by Humphrey (1949) [Sepkoski's age data: K Apti-u]. Its type is Neocomites nazasensis.

It was corrected as Burckhardtites by Renz (1982), Barragán and Maurrasse (2008).

It was assigned to Deshayesitinae by Renz (1982); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Desmoceratinae by Barragán and Maurrasse (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Burckhardites Humphrey
1982Burckhardtites Renz p. 24
2002Burckhardites Sepkoski
2008Burckhardtites Barragán and Maurrasse p. 151

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyDesmoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyDesmoceratinaeZittel 1895
genusBurckhardtites(Humphrey 1949)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Burckhardtites Humphrey 1949
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Burckhardtites ehlersi Humphrey 1949
Burckhardtites nazasensis Burckhardt 1925
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Aptian or 121.40000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57USA (Texas) Burckhardites palmensis (84438) B. palmensis (52912)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Mexico (Nuevo Leon) B. ehlersi, B. nazasensis (87908)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Mexico (Nuevo León) B. nazasensis (220664 220665 220689 220690) B. sp. (220648 220685 220686)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Mexico B. nazasensis (87926)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Mexico (Sonora) Burckhardites sp. (82136 82137)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Venezuela (Sucre) B. nazasensis (87916)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza) B. sp. (89547)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Venezuela (Monagas) B. sp. (87921)