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Buccinites
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Buccinites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 247 - 242 Ma Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. A. Harper. 1981. The use, and misuse, of Ianthinopsis Meek and Worthen, 1866 (Mollusca; Gastropoda). Journal of Paleontology 55(1):180-185 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Buccinites arculata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Buccinites gregarius ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 8 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1856 | Buccinites Giebel |
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!