Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Full reference: L. W. Stephenson. 1941. The larger invertebrate fossils of the Navarro group of Texas. The University of Texas Publication 4101:1-625
Belongs to Baculites according to L. W. Stephenson 1941
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 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 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 77241. Its type locality is USGS 00761, which is in a Maastrichtian marine horizon in the Nacatoch Sand Formation of Texas.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (29: New Jersey, Texas collections)
Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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