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Baculites asper

Description

Baculites ("walking stick rock") is an extinct genus of cephalopods with a nearly straight shell, included in the heteromorph ammonites. The genus, which lived worldwide throughout most of the Late Cretaceous, was named by Lamarck in 1799.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)9154261https://www.gbif.org/species/9154261
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)130337https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=130337
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Baculitidae : Baculites : Baculites asper
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Baculitidae : Baculites : Baculites asper
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)doubtful
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea
orderAmmonitidaHyatt 1889
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea
familyBaculitidaeGill 1871
genusBaculitesLamarck 1799
speciesBaculites asperMeek
Taxon RemarksPossible variant of Baculites asper Morton, 1830
Generic NameBaculites
Scientific NameBaculites asper Meek
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Baculites asperspeciesbelongs to Baculitesstated with evidenceMorton, 1830
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance89.8 - 85.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Motilityfast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ammonoidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Ammonoidea)
Primary Reference (PBDB)L. S. Russell and R. W. Landes. 1937. Geology of the Southern Alberta Plains. Part II. Paleontology of the marine formations of the Montana Group. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 221
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baculites_asper

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1830Baculites asper Morton pp. 161-162
1937Baculites asper Russell and Landes p. 168

References

Russell L. S., Landes R. W. (1937) Geology of the Southern Alberta Plains. Part II. Paleontology of the marine formations of the Montana Group, Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 221
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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