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Beneckeia buchi

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Hedenstroemiidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites (Ceratites) buchi was named by Alberti (1860). It is not extant. Its type locality is Lędziny, Opole, which is in an Aegean/Bithynian carbonate dolomite in the Röt Formation of Poland. It is the type species of Beneckeia.

It was recombined as Beneckeia buchii by Fritsch (1902); it was recombined as Beneckeia buchi by von Mojsisovics (1882), Wagner (1891), Spath (1934), Siegel et al. (2022).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Ammonites (Ceratites) wogauanus von Meyer
1860Ammonites (Ceratites) buchi Alberti
1882Beneckeia buchi von Mojsisovics
1891Beneckeia buchi Wagner
1902Beneckeia denticulata Fritsch p. 264
1902Beneckeia buchii Fritsch p. 266
1914Beneckeia subdenticulata Pohlig
1934Beneckeia buchi Spath
1934Beneckeia denticulata Spath
1934Beneckeia wogauana Spath
1985Beneckeia wogauana Parnes et al.
1986Beneckeia wogauana Parnes
2022Beneckeia buchi Siegel et al. p. 325 figs. 5-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilySagecerataceaeHyatt 1884
familyHedenstroemiidaeWaagen 1895
genusBeneckeia
speciesbuchi(Alberti 1860)

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.

†Beneckeia buchi Alberti 1860
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Invalid names: Ammonites (Ceratites) wogauanus von Meyer 1848 [synonym], Beneckeia denticulata Fritsch 1902 [synonym], Beneckeia subdenticulata Pohlig 1914 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: base of the Bithynian to the top of the Pelsonian or 244.99000 to 243.33000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aegean - Bithynian246.7 - 244.24Poland Ammonites buchi (212619)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Poland Beneckeia buchi (63538)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Germany (Saxony) Beneckeia subdenticulata (211619)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Germany (Thuringia) Ammonites wogauanus (214647)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Germany Beneckeia buchi (212636 215041 215042)
Bithynian244.99 - 244.24Germany Beneckeia buchi (138069)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Israel (Negev) Beneckeia wogauana (214646)