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Bukkenites strigatus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae

Taxonomy
Proptychites strigatus was named by Tozer (1961). Its type specimen is GSC 14042 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 32373, Arthaber Creek, Axel Heiberg Island, which is in a Griesbachian marine siliciclastic in the Blind Fiord Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Bukkenites strigatus by Tozer (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Proptychites strigatus Tozer p. 55 figs. Pl 10, figs 1a,b,2,a,b
1994Bukkenites strigatus Tozer p. 60 figs. Pl 7, figs 6a,b; pl 8, figs 2a,b,3,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
speciesstrigatus()

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 strigatus Tozer 1961
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height569.644.787.086.724.3
shell diameter5140.582.0197.0184.056.9
shell inflation534.820.051.241.015.9

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Griesbachian to the top of the Dienerian or 251.90200 to 249.90000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Canada (Nunavut) Bukkenites strigatus (47923 47933 47938 47939 47967 47970 47973 47975 137935 137936 137957) Proptychites strigatus (43852 98563)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Svalbard and Jan Mayen Proptychites strigatus (212297)