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Baculites perplexus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae

Taxonomy
Baculites perplexus was named by Cobban (1962). Its type specimen is USNM 108914 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is D255. 4.3 miles west-southwest of Continental Oil Co. refinery at Glenrock, which is in a Campanian offshore shale in the Steele Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Baculites perplexus Cobban pp. 714 - 716 figs. pl. 107, figs. 1-16, text figs. 1a-c
2018Baculites perplexus Sealey and Lucas p. 629 figs. 16A-D, 17A-D
2019Baculites perplexus Sealey and Lucas p. 193 figs. 110A-F, 111A,B,M-O, 115G-L

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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
speciesperplexus

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 perplexus Cobban 1962
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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: Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Mexico) Baculites perplexus (88550)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Wyoming) Baculites perplexus (1678 1679 1680 1681 1682 1683 1684 1726 1727 1728 1729 1730 1731 1732 1733 1734 1735 type locality: 233961)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Wyoming) Baculites perplexus (1736 276188)