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Baculites perplexus
Baculites perplexus
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ammonoidea
Family:
Baculitidae
Genus:
Baculites
Species:
Baculites perplexus
Cobban, 1962
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Geological Range
Baculites perplexus Zone
: Middle Campanian
Campanian to Maastrichtian
Paleogeographic Distribution
Wyoming to Montana
Stratigraphic Occurrences
Maastrichtian
Pierre Shale (WY)
Campanian
Pierre Shale (SD) [Campanian]
Pierre Shale (WY) [Campanian]
Unknown Stage
Claggett Formation (MT)
Pierre Shale (WY)
Holotype of
Baculites perplexus
(USNM 108914). Original unmodified images provided by courtesy of the Smithsonian NMNH and adapted and presented here under a Creative Commons BY-NC 4.0 license (http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/369504f43-68cd-4abd-9eac-61f26a9b0fd6).
Baculites perplexus
from the Pierre Shale (Mitten Black Shale Member) of Niobrara County, Wyoming (YPM IP 201993).
Stratigraphic position unknown