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Baculites vertebralis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae

Taxonomy
Baculites vertebralis was named by Lamarck (1801). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Baculites.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. subanceps

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1799Baculites vertebralis Lamarck p. 103
1801Baculites vertebralis Lamarck
1959Baculites vertebralis Matsumoto p. 100
1983Baculites vertebralis Cobban and Hook p. 7
1986Baculites vertebralis Kennedy p. 57
1992Baculites vertebralis Henderson et al. p. 162
1992Baculites vertebralis Kennedy et al. p. 275
1993Baculites vertebralis Kennedy p. 109
1993Baculites vertebralis Ward and Kennedy p. 51 figs. 43.5-43.7, 43.14, 43.15
1997Baculites vertebralis Kennedy et al. p. 11
2007Baculites vertebralis Kennedy et al. p. 526
2012Baculites vertebralis Machalski et al. p. 731 fig. 4C

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyBaculitidaeGill 1871
genusBaculitesLamarck 1799
speciesvertebralisLamarck 1801

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Baculites vertebralis Lamarck 1801
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany Baculites vertebralis (64127 64128 64134 64135 64136 64142 64143)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands Baculites vertebralis (82927)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Denmark Baculites vertebralis (67340 67343 67412)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France Baculites vertebralis (83648 83652)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands Baculites vertebralis (82496)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Baculites vertebralis (82400 82408)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Belgium Baculites vertebralis (82493)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Turkmenistan Baculites vertebralis (183339)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Baculites faujasi (67134)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Denmark Baculites vertebralis (67409)