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Buchia elderensis

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Buchiidae

Taxonomy
Aucella elderensis was named by Anderson (1945). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 29694, near Hull's Gate, east of Lowry road, south fork of Elder Creek, which is in a Tithonian marine horizon in California.

It was synonymized subjectively with Aucella piochii by Imlay (1959); it was recombined as Buchia elderensis by Jones et al. (1969).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Aucella elderensis Anderson p. 967 figs. Plate 4, figures 1-4
1969Buchia elderensis Jones et al. pp. A6, A10 - A11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
MonotoideiWaterhouse 2001
superfamilyBuchioideaCox 1953
familyBuchiidaeCox 1953
genusBuchiaRouillier 1845
specieselderensis()

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.

Buchia elderensis Anderson 1945
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteg
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-26 08:13:13
Modified: 2007-09-26 10:13:13
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Steuber 2002

Age range: Tithonian or 152.10000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0USA (California) Aucella elderensis (225614) Buchia elderensis (185364 185365 185366 216134 224787 224789 224809 224837 224859)
Tithonian - Valanginian152.1 - 132.9USA (California) Buchia elderensis (185363)