Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Alternative combination: Baculites gracilis
Synonym: Cyrtochilus stylus Anderson 1958
Belongs to Sciponoceras according to M. Wilmsen and E. Nagm 2014
See also Anderson 1958, Cooper 1978, Matsumoto 1959 and Wilmsen and Nagm 2013
Sister taxa: Sciponoceras antanimangaensis, Sciponoceras baculoides, Sciponoceras bohemicum, Sciponoceras cucullatum, Sciponoceras kossmati, Sciponoceras roto
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Canada (1: British Columbia), the Czech Republic (1), France (1), Germany (4), United States (19: Arizona, California, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Texas, Utah)
Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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