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Baculites meeki

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae

Taxonomy
Baculites meeki was named by Elias (1933). Its type specimen is KU 1702A1 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Beecher Island, Yuma Co [Beecher Island Mbr, Pierre Shale], which is in a Maastrichtian/Maastrichtian offshore limestone in the Pierre Shale Formation of Colorado.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Baculites meeki Elias p. 312 figs. Pl 30, figs 4a,b
1965Baculites meeki Birkelund p. 62 figs. Pl 14, figs 2,3; pl 15, fig 1; text-figs 53-55

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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
speciesmeekiElias 1933

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 meeki Elias 1933
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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Colorado) Baculites meeki (type locality: 71838)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Greenland Baculites meeki (70218 70223)