Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Full reference: J. B. Trask. 1856. Description of a new species of ammonite and baculite, from the Tertiary rocks of Chico Creek. Proceedings of the California Academy of Natural Sciences 1:85-86
Belongs to Baculites according to T. Matsumoto 1959
See also Gabb 1864, Taff et al. 1940, Trask 1856 and Waring 1917
Sister taxa: Baculites ambatryensis, Baculites anceps, Baculites annulatus, Baculites aquilaensis, Baculites asper, Baculites asperiformis, Baculites baculus, Baculites bailyi, Baculites boulei, Baculites brevicosta, Baculites capensis, Baculites claviformis, Baculites clinolobatus, Baculites cobbani, Baculites codyensis, Baculites compressus, Baculites crickmayi, Baculites cuneatus, Baculites eliasi, Baculites fairbanksi, Baculites fuchsi, Baculites gilberti, Baculites grandis, Baculites gregoryensis, Baculites haresi, Baculites huenickeni, Baculites incurvatus, Baculites inornatus, Baculites jenseni, Baculites kirki, Baculites klingeri, Baculites knorrianus, Baculites lechitides, Baculites leopoliensis, Baculites lomaensis, Baculites mariasensis, Baculites mclearni, Baculites meeki, Baculites minerensis, Baculites nugssuaqensis, Baculites obtusus, Baculites occidentalis, Baculites ovatus, Baculites perplexus, Baculites pseudovatus, Baculites rectus, Baculites reduncus, Baculites reesidei, Baculites rex, Baculites rugosus, Baculites schenki, Baculites scotti, Baculites subanceps, Baculites subcircularis, Baculites tanakai, Baculites taylorensis, Baculites texanus, Baculites thomi, Baculites undatus, Baculites undulatus, Baculites vaalsensis, Baculites valognensis, Baculites vertebralis, Baculites yokoyamai
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), United States (33: California)
Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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