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Baculites asper

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae

Taxonomy
Baculites asper was named by Morton (1830) [DISTRIBUTION: Campanian; Western Interior.]. It is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Baculites asper Morton pp. 161-162
1937Baculites asper Russell and Landes p. 168
1955Baculites asper Reyment p. 15 figs. Pl 1, figs 5a,b; text-fig 2a

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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
speciesasperMorton 1830

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 asper Morton 1830
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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 Late/Upper Coniacian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 89.30000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Canada (Alberta) Baculites asper (87433 87569)
Late/Upper Coniacian89.3 - 85.8USA (New Mexico) Baculites asper (82248)
Late/Upper Coniacian89.3 - 85.8USA (Montana) Baculites asper (89500)
Middle Coniacian89.3 - 85.8USA (Wyoming) Baculites asper (87758 87760 87762 87765 87772 87773 87785)
Middle Coniacian89.3 - 85.8USA (Colorado) Baculites asper (87851)
Middle Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Canada (Alberta) Baculites asper (87509 87510 87511 87512 87513 87514 87520)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (Colorado) Baculites asper (87852 87854)
Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (New Mexico) Baculites asper (87848)
Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5Canada (Alberta) Baculites asper (87515)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Alabama) Baculites asper (171351)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Nigeria Baculites asper (82734)