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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
Images
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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
References
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Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ceratitida
Superfamily:
Clydonitaceae
Family:
Buchitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Buchites MOJSISOVICS, 1893
Type Species:
B. aldrovandii
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
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