Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Full reference: W. A. Cobban. 1962. Baculites from the Lower Part of the Pierre Shale and Equivalent Rocks in the Western Interior. Journal of Paleontology 36(4):704-718
Belongs to Baculites according to W. A. Cobban 1962
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 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 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: USNM 108911. Its type locality is D236. 4 miles north of Boulder, which is in a Campanian marine shale in the Pierre Shale Formation of Colorado.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (15: Colorado, Wyoming collections)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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