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Bucanellidae ✝
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Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Bucanellidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 485 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 388 - 383 Ma Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Bucanellidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | detritivore (based on Bucanellidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Bellerophontida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | E. Koken and J. Perner. 1925. Die Gastropoden des baltischen Untersilurs |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Bucanella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 34 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Crenistriella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 15 | 409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | |
Ornatosinuitina ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 431 Ma Silurian | 431 Ma Silurian | |
Sinuitella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1925 | Bucaniellinae Koken and Perner |
1960 | Bucanellinae Knight et al. p. 175 |
1970 | Bucanellidae Starobogatov p. 300 |
1992 | Bucanellidae Wahlman |
1999 | Bucanellinae Frýda p. 31 |
2005 | Bucanellidae Bouchet et al. pp. 39, 241 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!