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Baculites cuneatus

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Baculitidae

Taxonomy
Baculites cuneatus was named by Cobban (1962) [= Baculites compressus Say, Meek, 1876, text-figs. 55 [largest cross section], 56. = Baculites compressus Say, Warren, 1931, pl. 2, figs. 1,2.]. Its type specimen is USNM 108966 and is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Baculites cuneatus Cobban pp. 127 - 129 figs. Pl. 25, figs. 1-8, text-fig. lb

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyBaculitidaeGill 1871
genusBaculitesLamarck 1799
speciescuneatus

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 cuneatus Cobban 1962
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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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Colorado) Baculites cuneatus (162249 178535 178536 178537 178538)