Lechites Nowak 1908 (ammonite)

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)

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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

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