Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Alternative spelling: Baculites (Lechites)
Parent taxon: Baculitidae according to W. J. Kennedy et al. 2008
See also Arkadiev et al. 2000, Cobban and Hook 1983, Henderson 1990, Kennedy et al. 2008, Kennedy and Latil 2007, Matsumoto 1959, Sepkoski 2002 and Szives 2007
Sister taxa: Baculites, Baculitinae, Boehmoceras, Eubaculites, Eubaculitinae, Fresvillia, Pseudobaculites, Sciponoceras, Trachybaculites, Tuberosciponoceras
Subtaxa: Lechites (Lechites)
Type: Baculites gaudini
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (2 collections), Australia (2), Belgium (1), France (22), Italy (1), Kazakhstan (1), Madagascar (2), Mexico (1), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: California, Oregon)
Total: 37 collections including 42 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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