Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Alternative combination: Baculites vagina
Full reference: E. Forbes. 1846. Report on the fossil invertebrata from southern India, collected by Mr. Kaye and Mr. Cunliffe. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 7:97-174
Belongs to Eubaculites according to H. C. Klinger and W. J. Kennedy 1993
See also Brunnschweiler 1966 and Forbes 1846
Sister taxa: Eubaculites argentinicus, Eubaculites carinatus, Eubaculites compressum, Eubaculites labyrinthicus, Eubaculites latecarinatus, Eubaculites ootacodensis, Eubaculites simplex
Subtaxa: Baculites vagina cazadorianus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (3 collections), Australia (2), India (1), Mexico (1), South Africa (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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