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Baculites
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Taxonomy
Baculites was named by Lamarck (1799) [Sepkoski's age data: K Turo-u K Maes-u Sepkoski's reference number: 2,971]. Its type is Baculites vertebralis. It is the type genus of Baculitidae, Baculitinae.
It was assigned to Baculitinae by Brunnschweiler (1966) and Förster (1975); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Baculitidae by Reyment (1955), Benavides-Caceres (1956), Matsumoto (1959), Henderson (1970), Kennedy et al. (1973), Atabekyan and Khakimov (1976), Summesberger (1979), Wright (1979), Cobban and Hook (1983), Kennedy (1984), Morozumi (1985), Klinger (1985), Kennedy and Summesberger (1987), Kennedy and Cobban (1988), Kennedy and Christensen (1991), Cobban and Kennedy (1992), Summesberger (1992), Kennedy et al. (1992), Henderson et al. (1992), Ward and Kennedy (1993), Kennedy and Cobban (1993), Kennedy and Cobban (1993), Kennedy (1993), Kennedy and Christennsen (1993), Kennedy and Cobban (1994), Kennedy (1995), Kennedy and Cobban (1996), Kennedy et al. (1997), Kennedy et al. (1997), Kennedy et al. (2001), Kennedy et al. (2007), Machalski et al. (2012), Ahmad et al. (2015), Ifrim et al. (2015) and Shigeta (2016).
It was assigned to Baculitinae by Brunnschweiler (1966) and Förster (1975); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Baculitidae by Reyment (1955), Benavides-Caceres (1956), Matsumoto (1959), Henderson (1970), Kennedy et al. (1973), Atabekyan and Khakimov (1976), Summesberger (1979), Wright (1979), Cobban and Hook (1983), Kennedy (1984), Morozumi (1985), Klinger (1985), Kennedy and Summesberger (1987), Kennedy and Cobban (1988), Kennedy and Christensen (1991), Cobban and Kennedy (1992), Summesberger (1992), Kennedy et al. (1992), Henderson et al. (1992), Ward and Kennedy (1993), Kennedy and Cobban (1993), Kennedy and Cobban (1993), Kennedy (1993), Kennedy and Christennsen (1993), Kennedy and Cobban (1994), Kennedy (1995), Kennedy and Cobban (1996), Kennedy et al. (1997), Kennedy et al. (1997), Kennedy et al. (2001), Kennedy et al. (2007), Machalski et al. (2012), Ahmad et al. (2015), Ifrim et al. (2015) and Shigeta (2016).
Species
B. ambatryensis, B. anceps, B. aquilaensis, B. asper, B. asperiformis, B. baculus, B. bailyi, B. boulei, B. brevicosta, B. capensis, B. chicoensis, B. cobbani, B. codyensis, B. compressus, B. crickmayi, B. fuchsi, B. haresi, B. huenickeni, B. incurvatus (syn. B. tuberculata), B. inornatus, B. knorrianus, B. lechitides, B. leopoliensis, B. mclearni, B. minerensis, B. obtusus, B. occidentalis, B. ovatus, B. pseudovatus, B. rectus, B. subanceps, B. tanakai, B. taylorensis, B. undatus, B. undulatus, B. vaalsensis, B. vertebralis (type species), B. yokoyamai (syn. B. besairiei)
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1799 | Baculites Lamarck |
| 1926 | Euhomaloceras Spath p. 80 |
| 1955 | Baculites Reyment p. 15 |
| 1956 | Baculites Benavides-Caceres p. 437 |
| 1959 | Baculites Matsumoto p. 100 |
| 1959 | Euhomaloceras Matsumoto p. 100 |
| 1966 | Baculites Brunnschweiler p. 23 |
| 1970 | Baculites Henderson p. 23 |
| 1973 | Baculites Kennedy et al. p. 100 |
| 1975 | Baculites Förster p. 168 |
| 1976 | Baculites Atabekyan and Khakimov p. 94 |
| 1979 | Baculites Summesberger p. 113 |
| 1979 | Baculites Wright p. 287 |
| 1983 | Baculites Cobban and Hook p. 7 |
| 1984 | Baculites Kennedy p. 142 |
| 1985 | Baculites Klinger p. 5 |
| 1985 | Baculites Morozumi p. 45 |
| 1987 | Baculites Kennedy and Summesberger p. 32 |
| 1988 | Baculites Kennedy and Cobban p. 608 |
| 1991 | Baculites Kennedy and Christensen p. 217 |
| 1992 | Baculites Cobban and Kennedy p. 82 |
| 1992 | Baculites Henderson et al. p. 162 |
| 1992 | Baculites Kennedy et al. p. 275 |
| 1992 | Baculites Summesberger p. 124 |
| 1993 | Baculites Kennedy p. 109 |
| 1993 | Baculites Kennedy and Christennsen p. 152 |
| 1993 | Baculites Kennedy and Cobban p. 424 |
| 1993 | Baculites Ward and Kennedy p. 51 |
| 1994 | Baculites Kennedy and Cobban p. 1297 |
| 1995 | Baculites Kennedy p. 431 |
| 1996 | Baculites Kennedy and Cobban p. 802 |
| 1997 | Baculites Kennedy et al. p. 11 |
| 2001 | Baculites Kennedy et al. p. 8 |
| 2002 | Baculites Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2007 | Baculites Kennedy et al. p. 526 |
| 2012 | Baculites Machalski et al. p. 731 |
| 2015 | Baculites Ahmad et al. p. 250 |
| 2015 | Baculites Ifrim et al. p. 234 |
| 2016 | Baculites Shigeta p. 346 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available