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Undulabucania punctifrons

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon punctifrons was named by Emmons (1842). It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Undulabucania.

It was recombined as Bucania punctifrons by Raymond (1902), Weller (1903), Grabau and Shimer (1909), Bassler (1932), Wilson (1951); it was recombined as Undulabucania punctifrons by Wahlman (1992), Ebbestad (1999), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Bellerophon punctifrons Emmons
1889Bellerophon punctifrons Lesley p. 87
1902Bucania punctifrons Raymond figs. pl. 19 f. 9-10
1903Bucania punctifrons Weller p. 177 figs. pl. 12 f. 10-12
1909Bucania punctifrons Grabau and Shimer p. 614
1932Bucania punctifrons Bassler figs. pl. 13. f. 16-17
1951Bucania punctifrons Wilson p. 27 figs. pl. 2 f. 21-23
1992Undulabucania punctifrons Wahlman pp. 142 - 143 figs. pl. 23 f. 1-9
1999Undulabucania punctifrons Ebbestad p. 243
2023Undulabucania punctifrons Wagner p. 492

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyBucaniidae
subfamilyUndulabucaniinae
genusUndulabucania
speciespunctifrons()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-20 21:22:59
Modified: 2009-09-20 23:22:59
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Turinian to the top of the Chatfieldian or 457.30000 to 451.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Canada (Ontario) Bucania punctifrons (26276)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Ontario) Bucania punctifrons (104422)
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Bucania punctifrons (155401)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) Bucania punctifrons (155719)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois) Bucania punctifrons (154952)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) Bucania punctifrons (26273)