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Eobucania palinurus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon palinurus was named by Billings (1865). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Oxydiscus palinurus by Ulrich and Scofield (1897); it was recombined as Tropidodiscus palinurus by Knight (1941); it was recombined as Eobucania palinurus by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Bellerophon palinurus Billings pp. 311 - 312 fig. 302
1897Oxydiscus palinurus Ulrich and Scofield p. 913
1941Tropidodiscus palinurus Knight
2023Eobucania palinurus Wagner p. 3525

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
superfamilyTropidodiscoidea
familyTropidodiscidae()
subfamilyTemnodiscinae
genusEobucania
speciespalinurus()

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.

Eobucania palinurus Billings 1865
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-04 09:51:51
Modified: 2009-03-04 11:51:51
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Tulean to the top of the Blackhillsian or 481.70000 to 471.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tulean - Blackhillsian481.7 - 471.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Bellerophon palinurus (188699)