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Bukkenites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae

Taxonomy
Bukkenites was named by Tozer (1994). Its type is Bukkenites nitidus.

It was assigned to Proptychitidae by Tozer (1994), Ware and Bucher (2018), Ware and Bucher (2018).

Species
B. incisus, B. macilentus, B. nanus, B. nitidus (type species), B. sakesarensis, B. strigatus
Species lacking formal opinion data
B. rosenkrantzi, B. scheibleri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Bukkenites Tozer p. 59
2018Bukkenites Ware and Bucher

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderMeekoceratina
superfamilyMeekoceratoideaWaagen 1895
familyProptychitidaeWaagen 1895
genusBukkenites

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.

G. †Bukkenites Tozer 1994
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†Bukkenites incisus Tozer 1994
†Bukkenites macilentus Tozer 1994
†Bukkenites nanus Tozer 1994
†Bukkenites nitidus Tozer 1994
†Bukkenites sakesarensis Ware and Bucher 2018
†Bukkenites strigatus Tozer 1961
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1835.69.2087.034.022.4
shell diameter1875.419.3197.077.052.7
shell inflation1814.54.9051.214.914.1

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 (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Oman B. scheibleri (44824 44829 44831 44832)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Xizang) B. sp. (229693)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Canada (Nunavut) B. incisus (47952) B. incisus, B. nitidus, B. strigatus (47970) B. macilentus (47976) B. nitidus (47954) B. sp., B. incisus, B. nitidus, Proptychites strigatus, B. macilentus (43852) B. strigatus (47933 47938 47939 47967 47973 47975 137935 137936 137957) B. strigatus, B. nanus (47923) Proptychites strigatus (98563)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Russian Federation B. sp. (90205)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9China (Xizang) B. sakesarensis (229695)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Canada (Nunavut) B. sp., Proptychites strigatus (43856)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9India (Himachal Pradesh) B. sakesarensis (217581)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Greenland B. rosenkrantzi (196948)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Pakistan (Punjab) B. sakesarensis (217500)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Svalbard and Jan Mayen Proptychites strigatus (212297)