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Bukkenites incisus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae

Taxonomy
Bukkenites incisus was named by Tozer (1994). Its type specimen is GSC 28081 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 51593, Raanes Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, which is in a Griesbachian marine siliciclastic in the Blind Fiord Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Bukkenites incisus Tozer p. 59 figs. Pl 9, figs 1a,b,2,a,b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderMeekoceratina
superfamilyMeekoceratoideaWaagen 1895
familyProptychitidaeWaagen 1895
genusBukkenites
speciesincisus

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.

Bukkenites incisus Tozer 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height240.026.061.643.825.2
shell diameter271.045.0112.078.547.4
shell inflation28.976.0013.49.705.23

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Griesbachian or 251.90200 to 250.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Canada (Nunavut) Bukkenites incisus (43852 type locality: 47952 47970)