Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Belongs to Baculites according to L. S. Russell and R. W. Landes 1937
Sister taxa: Baculites ambatryensis, Baculites anceps, Baculites annulatus, Baculites aquilaensis, Baculites argentinicus, Baculites asper, Baculites asperiformis, Baculites baculus, Baculites bailyi, Baculites boulei, Baculites brevicosta, Baculites capensis, Baculites chicoensis, Baculites claviformis, Baculites clinolobatus, Baculites cobbani, Baculites codyensis, Baculites compressus, Baculites crickmayi, Baculites cuneatus, Baculites eliasi, Baculites fairbanksi, Baculites fuchsi, Baculites gilberti, Baculites grandis, Baculites gregoryensis, Baculites haresi, Baculites huenickeni, Baculites incurvatus, Baculites inornatus, Baculites jenseni, Baculites kirki, Baculites klingeri, Baculites knorrianus, Baculites lechitides, Baculites leopoliensis, Baculites lomaensis, Baculites mariasensis, Baculites mclearni, Baculites meeki, Baculites minerensis, Baculites nugssuaqensis, Baculites obtusus, Baculites occidentalis, Baculites ovatus, Baculites perplexus, Baculites rectus, Baculites reesidei, Baculites rex, Baculites rugosus, Baculites schenki, Baculites scotti, Baculites subanceps, Baculites subcircularis, Baculites tanakai, Baculites taylorensis, Baculites undatus, Baculites undulatus, Baculites vaalsensis, Baculites valognensis, Baculites vertebralis, Baculites yokoyamai
Type specimen: Its type locality is Wallace County, Upper Weskan Member, which is in a Campanian offshore shale/limestone in the Pierre Shale Formation of Kansas
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Alberta collection), United States (5: Kansas, New Mexico)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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