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Baculites grandis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae

Taxonomy
Baculites grandis was named by Hall and Meek (1854).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Baculites grandis Hall and Meek p. 402 figs. pl. 7, figs. 1, 2 ; pi. 8, figs. 1, 2 ; pi. 6, fig. 10
1933Baculites grandis Elias pp. 307 - 310 figs. Plate 31 f. 4, 5a-c

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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
speciesgrandisHall and Meek 1854

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 grandis Hall and Meek 1854
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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: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Wyoming) Baculites grandis (1623)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Tennessee) Baculites grandis (88357)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Baculites grandis (87440)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (Montana) Baculites grandis (213168)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Montana) Baculites grandis (213081)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Baculites grandis (99710)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Baculites grandis (1578 1580 1583)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Baculites grandis (1579 1582 1584)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Baculites grandis (213092)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Kansas) Baculites grandis (71837)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Colorado) Baculites grandis (71838)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Baculites grandis (4122 4123 4126 4130 4147)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Baculites grandis (1581)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Baculites grandis (4121)