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Baculites baculus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae

Taxonomy
Baculites baculus was named by Meek and Hayden (1861) [DISTRIBUTION: Maastrictian; Western Interior; Europe.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Baculites baculus Meek and Hayden p. 445
1993Baculites baculus Kennedy p. 110

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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
speciesbaculusMeek and Hayden 1861

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 baculus Meek and Hayden 1861
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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 Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Baculites baculus (125141)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Wyoming) Baculites baculus (1628)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (Colorado) Baculites baculus (234105)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Baculites baculus (234107)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Saskatachewan) Baculites baculus (234104)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Baculites baculus (234106)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Baculites baculus (1584 1586 1588)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium Baculites baculus (82892)