Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Full reference: M. R. Cooper. 2003. Upper Cretaceous (Turonian-Coniacian) ammonites from São Nicolau, Angola. Annals of the South African Museum 110:89-146
Belongs to Baculites according to M. R. Cooper 2003
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 chicoensis, 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 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 reesidei, Baculites rex, Baculites rugosus, Baculites schenki, Baculites scotti, Baculites subanceps, Baculites subcircularis, Baculites tanakai, Baculites taylorensis, Baculites undatus, Baculites undulatus, Baculites vaalsensis, Baculites valognensis, Baculites vertebralis, Baculites yokoyamai
Type specimen: SAM-PCA1737, a shell. Its type locality is West of São Nicolau, bed V, which is in a Coniacian carbonate limestone in the Salinas Formation of Angola.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at West of São Nicolau, bed V
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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