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Baculites pseudovatus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae

Taxonomy
Baculites pseudovatus was named by Elias (1933) [DISTRIBUTION: Campanian; Western Interior.]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Wallace County, Upper Weskan Member, which is in a Campanian offshore shale/limestone in the Pierre Shale Formation of Kansas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Baculites pseudovatus Elias pp. 304-306 figs. pl. 29, figs. 1, 2
1937Baculites pseudovatus Russell and Landes p. 174

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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
speciespseudovatusElias 1933

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 pseudovatus Elias 1933
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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Campanian or 83.50000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Kansas) Baculites pseudovatus (type locality: 71831 71832 71834 71835)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Baculites pseudovatus (82641)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Mexico) Baculites pseudovatus (88556)