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Baculites perplexus
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.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1962 | Baculites perplexus Cobban pp. 714 - 716 figs. pl. 107, figs. 1-16, text figs. 1a-c |
| 2018 | Baculites perplexus Sealey and Lucas p. 629 figs. 16A-D, 17A-D |
| 2019 | Baculites perplexus Sealey and Lucas p. 193 figs. 110A-F, 111A,B,M-O, 115G-L |
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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
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| 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 |
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| Campanian | USA (New Mexico) | Baculites perplexus (88550) | |
| Campanian | USA (Wyoming) | Baculites perplexus (1678 1679 1680 1681 1682 1683 1684 1726 1727 1728 1729 1730 1731 1732 1733 1734 1735 type locality: 233961) | |
| Middle Campanian | USA (Wyoming) | Baculites perplexus (1736 276188) |