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Baculites vaalsensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae

Taxonomy
Baculites vaalsensis was named by Kennedy and Jagt (1995) [DISTRIBUTION: Campanian; Western Europe, Atlantic Coastal Plain.]. It is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Baculites vaalsensis Kennedy and Jagt p. 282 figs. figs. 4.1-4.18
1997Baculites vaalsensis Kennedy et al. p. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyBaculitidaeGill 1871
genusBaculitesLamarck 1799
speciesvaalsensisKennedy and Jagt 1995

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Baculites vaalsensis Kennedy and Jagt 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 72.10000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Jersey) Baculites vaalsensis (82387)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Netherlands Baculites vaalsensis (165178)