Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Alternative combination: Giralites latecarinatus
Synonym: Giralites quadrisulcatus Brunnschweiler 1966
Full reference: R. O. Brunnschweiler. 1966. Upper Cretaceous ammonites from the Carnarvon Basin of Western Australia I: the heteromorph Lytoceratina. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 58:1-58
Belongs to Eubaculites according to H. C. Klinger et al. 2001
See also Brunnschweiler 1966, Henderson et al. 1992, Kennedy et al. 1997, Kinger and Kennedy 1980 and Klinger and Kennedy 1993
Sister taxa: Eubaculites carinatus, Eubaculites labyrinthicus, Eubaculites ootacodensis, Eubaculites simplex, Eubaculites vagina
Type specimens:
- Eubaculites latecarinatus: CPC 2718, a shell
- Giralites quadrisulcatus: CPC 2722, a shell. Its type locality is Marilla Anticline (Korojon calcarenite), which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate limestone in the Korojon Formation of Australia.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Australia (5 collections), South Africa (3), United States (8: Alabama, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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