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Buchites

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Cephalopoda
    Order:  
Ceratitida
    Superfamily:  
Clydonitaceae
    Family:  
Buchitidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Buchites MOJSISOVICS, 1893
    Type Species:  
B. aldrovandii


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Fig. 197,5. -B. aldrovandii, Carn., Alps-Greece; 5a,b, X0.7; 5c, X I (292-)


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Alps-Sicily-Greece-Himalaya


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Carn.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Carnian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
237
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Nor.
    Ending International Stage:  
Norian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
205.74


Description

Whorls increasing slowly, venter rounded, sides with flexuous projected ribs that end at smooth siphonal band or cross venter. Suture ceratitic




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