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Baculites obtusus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae

Taxonomy
Baculites anceps obtusus was named by Meek (1876) [DISTRIBUTION: Campanian; Western Interior.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Baculites obtusus by Russell and Landes (1937) and Birkelund (1965).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Baculites anceps obtusus Meek pp. 406-408 figs. figs. 57-60
1937Baculites obtusus Russell and Landes p. 169
1965Baculites obtusus Birkelund p. 58 figs. Pl 8, fig 1; pl 9, figs 1-3; pl 10, fig 1; pl 11, figs 1,2; pl 12, figs 1,2; pl 13, figs 1,2; pl 14,

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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
speciesobtusus(Meek 1876)

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 obtusus Meek 1876
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Diagnosis
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