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Baculites mclearni

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae

Taxonomy
Baculites mclearni was named by Russell and Landes (1937) [DISTRIBUTION: Campanian; Western Interior.]. Its type specimen is GSC 9366, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was corrected as Baculites maclearni by Cobban (1962).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Baculites mclearni Russell and Landes pp. 165-166 figs. pl. 7, figs. 1-3
1962Baculites maclearni Cobban pp. 712 - 713 figs. pl. 105, fig. 15; pl. 107, figs. 17-19; text-figs. 1g,h.
2018Baculites mclearni Sealey and Lucas pp. 624 - 626 figs. 13O-R, 14E-H, K-N

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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
speciesmclearni

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 mclearni Russell and Landes 1937
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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 Middle Campanian to the top of the Campanian or 83.50000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Wyoming) Baculites mclearni (1741 1742)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Mexico) Baculites maclearni (88547)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Baculites mclearni (82653 82675 82676)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Colorado) Baculites mclearni (52906)