Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Alternative combination: Baculites ovatus haresi
Belongs to Baculites according to P. L. Sealey and S. G. Lucas 2019
See also Birkelund 1965, Cobban and Kennedy 1992, Ifrim et al. 2013, Kennedy and Cobban 1993, Kennedy et al. 2001 and Russell and 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 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 pseudovatus, 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
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (8: Alberta collections), Greenland (1), Mexico (1), United States (8: Colorado, Delaware, New Jersey, New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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