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Sciponoceras baculoides

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae

Taxonomy
Hamites baculoides was named by Mantell (1822) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenomanian; Cosmopolitan.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Baculites baculoides by Böse (1928); it was recombined as Sciponoceras baculoide by Matsumoto (1959); it was misspelled as Sciponoceras baculoide by Kennedy (1994); it was recombined as Sciponoceras baculoides by Hyatt (1894), Duplicate (1970), Förster (1975), Young (1979), Kennedy et al. (1987), Henderson (1990), Kennedy (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. glaessneri, S. intermedium

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Hamites baculoides Mantell p. 12 figs. pl. 23, figs. 6, 7
1894Sciponoceras baculoides Hyatt p. 578
1928Baculites baculoides Böse p. 210
1958Cyrtochilus major Anderson p. 189 figs. pl. 38, fig. 6
1959Sciponoceras baculoide Matsumoto pp. 99, 104
1970Sciponoceras baculoides Duplicate
1975Sciponoceras baculoides Förster p. 166 figs. Pl 4, fig 6; text-fig 36
1979Sciponoceras baculoides Young p. 23
1987Sciponoceras baculoides Kennedy et al. p. 63
1990Sciponoceras baculoides Henderson p. 130
1994Sciponoceras baculoide Kennedy p. 234
2020Sciponoceras baculoides Kennedy p. 231

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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
genusSciponocerasHyatt 1894
speciesbaculoides()

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.

†Sciponoceras baculoides Mantell 1822
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Invalid names: Cyrtochilus major Anderson 1958 [synonym]
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 Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 106.30000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.2 - 100.5Switzerland Baculites baculoides (2237)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5France Sciponoceras baculoides (57941)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Madagascar Baculites baculoides (98219)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (California) Cyrtochilus major (215572)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Sciponoceras baculoide (230800)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Mexico (Zacatecas) Baculites baculoides (87607)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Mozambique Sciponoceras baculoides (174823)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Sciponoceras baculoide (82814)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Mexico (Chihuahua) Sciponoceras baculoides (88760)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Normandie) Sciponoceras baculoide (230776)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Sciponoceras baculoide (230858)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Sciponoceras baculoide (82810)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Westphalia) Sciponoceras baculoide (4067)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Sciponoceras baculoide (78588 78591 78593)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Normandy) Sciponoceras baculoide (4027)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Sciponoceras baculoide (82843)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Mozambique Sciponoceras baculoides (174799)