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Bucania ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4616423	https://www.gbif.org/species/4616423
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	8317	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=8317

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cycloneritida : Proserpinidae : Bucania

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Bucaniidae : Bucania

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
order	Bellerophontida	Ulrich and Scofield 1897
suborder	Bellerophontina	Ulrich and Scofield 1897
superfamily	Bellerophontoidea
family	Bucaniidae	Ulrich and Scofield 1897
subfamily	Bucaniinae	Ulrich and Scofield 1897
genus	Bucania	Hall 1847

Scientific Name

Bucania Hall, 1847

Name Published In

N. H. New York (Pal. 1)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Bucania	subgenus	belongs to Bellerophon	stated without evidence	Hall, 1859
Bucania	genus	belongs to Bucaniidae	stated with evidence	Ulrich and Scofield, 1897
Bucania	genus	belongs to Bucaniinae	stated without evidence	Koken and Perner, 1925
Bucania	genus	belongs to Bucaniides	stated with evidence	Knight et al., 1960
Bucania	genus	belongs to Bucaniinae	stated with evidence	Wahlman, 1992
Bucania	genus	belongs to Bellerophontida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Bucania	genus	belongs to Bucaniinae	stated with evidence	Bouchet et al., 2005

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

485 - 478 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

254 - 252 Ma
Permian

Motility

actively mobile (based on Bucaniidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

detritivore (based on Bucaniidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Bellerophontida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. Hall. 1847. Containing descriptions of the organic remains of the lower division of the New York system (equivalent of the Lower Silurian rocks of Europe). Paleontology of New York 1:1-338

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Bellerophon aotii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Bellerophon czekanowskii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Bellerophon draboviensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Bellerophon pilula ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Bellerophon radiata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Bellerophon squamosus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	439 Ma Silurian	433 Ma Silurian
Bellerophon sulcatina ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		35	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Bucania angustata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	443 Ma Silurian	50.3 Ma Eocene
Bucania batchtownensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Bucania bellapuncta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	441 Ma Silurian	441 Ma Silurian
Bucania catilloides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Bucania champlainensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Bucania cornu ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Bucania crassolare ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Bucania dorsoplana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Bucania elliptica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Bucania erratica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Bucania exigus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bucania gracillima ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Bucania groenlandica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	443 Ma Silurian	443 Ma Silurian
Bucania halli ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		18	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Bucania lingualis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bucania minganensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Bucania mudanensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Bucania oelandica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Bucania opertus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bucania peracuta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Bucania perornata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bucania pervoluta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Bucania platystoma species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bucania playfairi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Bucania pojetai ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Bucania profunda species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bucania rugatina ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Bucania simulatrix ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Bucania stephnae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	433 Ma Silurian	433 Ma Silurian
Bucania stigmosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	441 Ma Silurian	441 Ma Silurian
Bucania subangulata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Bucania sublata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		22	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Bucania suhaensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Bucania ungava ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Bucania witryana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Bucanopsis tsuibonensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Conradella reticulata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	458 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Megalomphala robusta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	439 Ma Silurian	439 Ma Silurian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1847	Bucania Hall
1859	Bellerophon (Bucania) Hall
1897	Bucania Ulrich and Scofield
1925	Bucania Koken and Perner
1960	Bucania Knight et al. p. 179
1992	Bucania Wahlman
2002	Bucania Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Bucania Bouchet et al. pp. 39, 241

References

Hall J. Containing descriptions of the organic remains of the lower division of the New York system (equivalent of the Lower Silurian rocks of Europe), Paleontology of New York 1, 1-338

Hall J. Notes and observations upon the fossils of the Goniatite Limestone, in the Marcellus shale of the Hamilton group, and those of the Goniatite beds of Rockford, Indiana, with some analogous forms from the Hamilton Group proper, Annual report of the Regents of the University of the State of New York on the State Cabinet of Natural History and the Historical and Antiquarian collection annexed thereto 13, 95-112

Ulrich E. O., Scofield W. H. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota, The Paleontology of Minnesota 39 2, 813-1081

Koken E., Perner J. (1925) , Die Gastropoden des baltischen Untersilurs, 1-324

Knight J. B., Cox L. R., et al (1960) Systematic descriptions, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Mollusca I 1, 169-339

Wahlman G.P. (1992) Middle and Upper Ordovician symmetrical univalved mollusks (Monoplacophora and Bellerophontina) of the Cincinnati Arch region, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1066 O, 1-123

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P, et al (2005) A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names, Malacologia 47 1-2, 1-368

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

N. H. New York (Pal. 1) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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!

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