Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Synonyms: Cardabites Brunnschweiler 1966, Eubaculiceras Brunnschweiler 1966, Giralites Brunnschweiler 1966
Parent taxon: Baculitidae according to W. J. Kennedy et al. 1997
See also Brunnschweiler 1966, CasadÃo and Leanza 1991, Henderson et al. 1992, Kennedy and Cobban 1996, Kennedy and Summesberger 1986, Klinger and Kennedy 1993, Matsumoto 1959, Sepkoski 2002 and Ward and Kennedy 1993
Sister taxa: Baculites, Baculitinae, Boehmoceras, Eubaculitinae, Fresvillia, Lechites, Pseudobaculites, Sciponoceras, Trachybaculites, Tuberosciponoceras
Subtaxa: Eubaculites carinatus Eubaculites labyrinthicus Eubaculites latecarinatus Eubaculites ootacodensis Eubaculites simplex Eubaculites vagina
Type: Baculites ootacodensis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (3 collections), Argentina (2), Australia (21), Austria (1), Chile (10), India (1), Mexico (1), the Netherlands (1), South Africa (3), United States (58: Alabama, California, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, Texas)
Total: 101 collections including 135 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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