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Bochianites ✝
| Description | Bochianites is a straight shelled ammonite which lived from the Upper Jurassic, Tithonian, to the Lower Cretaceous, Hauterivian in what is now Europe, Greenland, Africa, North America and Asia. The shell is long, narrow, moderately expanding; smooth or with weak to strong oblique annular ribs. Sutural elements are short and boxy. The umbilical lobe, which lies between the lateral lobe and dorsal lobe, on either side, is about the same size as the lobule dividing the first lateral saddle. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bochianites, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Bochianitidae : Bochianites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Bochianites Lory, 1897 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Trav. Lab. Géol. Grenoble, 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 151 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 133 - 129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Ammonoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Ammonoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bochianites |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Bochianites ambikyensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Bochianites neocomiensiformis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Bochianites neocomiensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 211 | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Bochianites renevieri ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1898 | Bochianites Lory |
| 1962 | Bochianites Cantu-Chapa p. 29 |
| 1979 | Bochianites Klinger and Kennedy p. 17 |
| 1996 | Bochianites Reboulet p. 179 |
| 2002 | Bochianites Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2004 | Bochianites Lukeneder p. 51 |
| 2006 | Bochianites Alsen p. 123 |
| 2007 | Bochianites Klein et al. p. 2 |
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!
