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Baculites schenki

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae

Taxonomy
Baculites schencki was named by Matsumoto (1959). Its type specimen is UCLA 28830 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CIT Loc. 1034 - Oak Run Rd [Member IV], which is in a Coniacian coastal siliciclastic in the Redding Formation of California.

It was corrected as Baculites schenki by Cooper (1978).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Baculites schencki Matsumoto pp. 113 figs. Pl. 32, figs.1a-c, 2a-c, 3a, b, 4a, b, 5a-c, 6a-c;Text-figs.12a, b, 13a-c, 14a, b, 15-21, 22a, b, 23
1978Baculites schenki Cooper p. 109

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyBaculitidaeGill 1871
genusBaculitesLamarck 1799
speciesschenki()

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 schenki Matsumoto 1959
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Diagnosis
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