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Baculites eliasi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae

Taxonomy
Baculites eliasi was named by Cobban (1958) [= Baculites pseudovatus Elias var. A. Elias, 1933, p. 306, pl. 28, fig. 2; pl. 33, figs. 5a,5b]. Its type specimen is USNM 108969 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is D448. 19 miles south of Newcastle, just west of U. S. Highway 85, which is in a Campanian marine shale in the Pierre Shale Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Baculites eliasi Cobban pp. 663 - 664 figs. pl. 91 f. 1-11; txt. f. 1f-g, i-j

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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
specieseliasi

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 eliasi Cobban 1958
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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: Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cretaceous143.1 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Baculites eliasi (125141)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Wyoming) Baculites eliasi (1621 1622 1623 1624 1625 1627 1628)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Wyoming) Baculites eliasi (1616 1617 1618 1619 1620 type locality: 233962 235645 235658 235664 235672 235678)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (South Dakota) Baculites eliasi (276116)