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Baculites ovatus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Baculites ovata Say p. 41
1937Baculites ovatus Russell and Landes p. 171
1992Baculites ovatus Al-Harithi and Ibrahim p. 433 figs. Pl 1, fig 3; pl 2, fig 5
1993Baculites ovatus Kennedy and Cobban p. 426
1994Baculites ovatus Kennedy and Cobban p. 1297
2015Baculites ovatus Ahmad et al. p. 250 figs. 4C, 5.1-5.8
2019Baculites ovatus Hewaidy et al. p. 58 figs. 9B1-B3, C-E
2021Baculites ovatus Moneer et al. p. 3535 fig. 7B,C

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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
speciesovatus(Say 1820)

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 ovatus Say 1820
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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (49 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Canada (Alberta) Baculites ovatus (89221 89226)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Kansas) Baculites ovatus (71831)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Canada (Alberta) Baculites ovatus (87434)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Baculites ovatus (82647 82648 82649 82650 82652 82653 82672 87439 89214 89215 89216 89217 89220)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Jersey) Baculites ovatus (88610 188337)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Egypt Baculites ovatus (199918)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Baculites ovatus (82638)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Tennessee) Baculites ovatus (88357)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Arkansas) Baculites ovatus (83036 83037 83038 83040 83041 83042 83043 83045 83046 83050 83051)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) Baculites ovatus (83133)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Baculites ovatus (7467 7470)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) Baculites ovatus (35048)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Baculites ovatus (46617)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Egypt Baculites ovatus (224163 224165 224166)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Baculites ovatus (99710)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Baculites ovatus (26818 83064)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Egypt Baculites ovatus (224160 224161)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Egypt Baculites ovatus (224162)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Baculites ovatus (124937) Baculites sp. (48570)