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Eubaculites carinatus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae

Taxonomy

Baculites carinatus was named by Morton (1834) [m. kosnik taxon no: 2857]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Eubaculites carinatus by Henderson et al. (1992), Ward and Kennedy (1993), Klinger and Kennedy (1993), Kennedy and Cobban (1996), Klinger et al. (2001) and Salazar et al. (2010).

Synonyms

Baculites lyelli was named by d'Orbigny (1847) [DISTRIBUTION: Maastrichtian; Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Eubaculites lyelli by Kennedy and Summesberger (1986); it was synonymized subjectively with Eubaculites carinatus by Ward and Kennedy (1993).
Eubaculites kossmati was named by Brunnschweiler (1966). Its type specimen is CPC 2704, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Giralia Anticline (Brunnschweiler collection, Miria Fm), which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate limestone in the Miria Formation of Australia.

It was synonymized subjectively with Eubaculites carinatus by Henderson et al. (1992).
Eubaculites multicostatus was named by Brunnschweiler (1966). Its type specimen is CPC 2710, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Giralia Anticline (Brunnschweiler collection, Miria Fm), which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate limestone in the Miria Formation of Australia.

It was synonymized subjectively with Eubaculites carinatus by Henderson et al. (1992).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1834	Baculites carinatus Morton p. 44 figs. pl. 13 f. 1
1847	Baculites lyelli d'Orbigny figs. pl. 1, figs. 3-7
1966	Eubaculites kossmati Brunnschweiler p. 31 figs. Pl 2, figs 15-17; pl 3, figs 1-7; text-fig 15
1966	Eubaculites multicostatus Brunnschweiler p. 32 figs. Pl 3, figs 8-12; text-fig 16
1986	Eubaculites lyelli Kennedy and Summesberger p. 197
1992	Eubaculites carinatus Henderson et al. p. 150
1993	Eubaculites carinatus Klinger and Kennedy p. 218
1993	Eubaculites carinatus Ward and Kennedy p. 53 figs. 43.8, 43.9, 43.13
1996	Eubaculites carinatus Kennedy and Cobban p. 802 figs. 3.1-3.3, 3.7-3.12
2001	Eubaculites carinatus Klinger et al. p. 286 figs. Pl 9, figs 1-7; pl 10, figs 1-3; text-fig 5
2010	Eubaculites carinatus Salazar et al. p. 226 figs. 44c, 45a-e, 46a-g

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ammonitida
suborder	Ancyloceratina	Wiedmann 1966
superfamily	Turrilitoidea	(Gill 1871)
family	Baculitidae	Gill 1871
genus	Eubaculites	Spath 1926
species	carinatus	()

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.

†Eubaculites carinatus Morton 1834

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Invalid names: Baculites lyelli d'Orbigny 1847 [synonym], Eubaculites kossmati Brunnschweiler 1966 [synonym], Eubaculites multicostatus Brunnschweiler 1966 [synonym]

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
S. G. Morton 1834	Transversely subcuneiform, the siphuncular margin being distinctly carinated. Sides with distinct, oblique, equidistant, arched ribs,