Baculites

Baculites

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
BaculitidaePBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Ammonoidea
Life habit
nektonicPBDB, for Ammonoidea
Motility
fast-movingPBDB, for Ammonoidea
Vision
well-developedPBDB, for Cephalopoda
Environment
marinePBDB, for Cephalopoda

Time the record covers

At least 66 million years on record.

The record covers at least 132.6 Mya to 66 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 143.1 Mya to 56 Mya.

Late Jurassic — about 0 of 1127 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 5 of 1127 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 1118 of 1127 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 3 of 1127 occurrencesPaleoceneEocene — about 0 of 1127 occurrences145–142 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences142–139 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences139–136 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences136–133 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences133–130 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences130–127 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences127–124 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences124–121 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences121–118 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences118–115 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences115–112 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences112–109 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences109–106 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences106–103 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences103–100 Mya — about 1 occurrence100–97 Mya — about 3 occurrences97–94 Mya — about 6 occurrences94–90 Mya — about 27 occurrences90–87 Mya — about 55 occurrences87–84 Mya — about 120 occurrences84–81 Mya — about 158 occurrences81–78 Mya — about 143 occurrences78–75 Mya — about 143 occurrences75–72 Mya — about 143 occurrences72–69 Mya — about 151 occurrences69–66 Mya — about 152 occurrences66–63 Mya — about 18 occurrences63–60 Mya — about 1 occurrence60–57 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences57–54 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences132.6 Mya66 Mya145 Mya54 Mya

1,127 occurrences of Baculites on record, most of them in the Late Cretaceous. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group, and the chart stops with its fossils rather than at the present. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

1,127 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

153 formations

Pierre Shale — 43.27°N, 104.27°WPierre Shale — 43.30°N, 104.14°WPierre Shale — 43.27°N, 104.22°WPierre Shale — 44.00°N, 103.25°WPierre Shale — 38.87°N, 101.97°WPierre Shale — 38.90°N, 101.75°WPierre Shale — 39.90°N, 101.80°WPierre Shale — 39.87°N, 102.18°WPierre Shale — 45.75°N, 101.13°WPierre Shale — 43.92°N, 102.70°WPierre Shale — 43.92°N, 102.98°WPierre Shale — 45.53°N, 100.43°WPierre Shale — 45.85°N, 98.71°WPierre Shale — 44.19°N, 99.70°WPierre Shale — 40.06°N, 106.39°WPierre Shale — 40.90°N, 105.06°WPierre Shale — 40.51°N, 105.08°WPierre Shale — 40.85°N, 105.08°WPierre Shale — 38.45°N, 105.15°WPierre Shale — 40.20°N, 105.96°WPierre Shale — 40.22°N, 106.38°WPierre Shale — 43.25°N, 104.27°WPierre Shale — 40.08°N, 105.27°WPierre Shale — 43.55°N, 104.18°WPierre Shale — 45.52°N, 100.47°WPierre Shale — 44.05°N, 101.20°WPierre Shale — 44.78°N, 103.90°WPierre Shale — 43.85°N, 102.34°WPrairie Bluff — 34.51°N, 88.92°WPrairie Bluff — 34.25°N, 88.97°WPrairie Bluff — 34.22°N, 89.00°WPrairie Bluff — 33.93°N, 88.98°WPrairie Bluff — 33.79°N, 88.97°WPrairie Bluff — 33.79°N, 88.91°WPrairie Bluff — 33.72°N, 88.92°WPrairie Bluff — 33.50°N, 88.81°WPrairie Bluff — 33.07°N, 88.61°WPrairie Bluff — 32.97°N, 88.55°WPrairie Bluff — 32.91°N, 88.51°WPrairie Bluff — 34.48°N, 88.98°WPrairie Bluff — 32.73°N, 88.30°WPrairie Bluff — 32.74°N, 88.36°WPrairie Bluff — 32.70°N, 88.17°WPrairie Bluff — 32.61°N, 88.24°WPrairie Bluff — 32.49°N, 88.10°WPrairie Bluff — 32.43°N, 88.04°WPrairie Bluff — 32.39°N, 87.92°WPrairie Bluff — 32.31°N, 87.80°WPrairie Bluff — 32.23°N, 87.50°WPrairie Bluff — 32.14°N, 87.42°WPrairie Bluff — 32.04°N, 87.26°WPrairie Bluff — 32.08°N, 87.02°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.81°WPrairie Bluff — 31.95°N, 86.70°WPrairie Bluff — 32.00°N, 86.48°WPrairie Bluff — 31.98°N, 86.00°WPrairie Bluff — 31.99°N, 85.92°WPrairie Bluff — 32.05°N, 86.78°WMancos Shale — 38.90°N, 107.93°WMancos Shale — 35.73°N, 110.82°WMancos Shale — 39.37°N, 108.94°WMancos Shale — 40.76°N, 108.89°WMancos Shale — 34.74°N, 108.84°WMancos Shale — 34.77°N, 108.78°WMancos Shale — 38.77°N, 111.39°WMancos Shale — 34.42°N, 107.41°WMancos Shale — 35.87°N, 106.91°WMancos Shale — 35.72°N, 106.73°WChico — 39.66°N, 121.58°WChico — 39.83°N, 121.71°WChico — 39.71°N, 121.94°WChico — 39.85°N, 121.71°WChico — 39.62°N, 121.53°WChico — 39.65°N, 121.60°WChico — 39.76°N, 121.62°WChico — 38.72°N, 121.21°WNiobrara — 36.35°N, 104.60°WNiobrara — 36.59°N, 104.53°WNiobrara — 36.68°N, 104.41°WNiobrara — 36.35°N, 104.79°WNiobrara — 36.28°N, 104.72°WNiobrara — 36.74°N, 104.17°WNiobrara — 38.27°N, 104.61°WNiobrara — 38.72°N, 100.70°WNiobrara — 43.04°N, 97.26°WNiobrara — 38.69°N, 100.92°WNiobrara — 39.61°N, 105.02°WNiobrara — 39.76°N, 105.22°WPanoche — 37.35°N, 121.21°WPanoche — 35.88°N, 120.10°WPanoche — 37.50°N, 121.29°WPanoche — 37.43°N, 121.27°WPanoche — 37.45°N, 121.25°WPanoche — 37.35°N, 121.31°WPanoche — 37.23°N, 121.15°WPanoche — 37.22°N, 121.17°WPanoche — 36.29°N, 120.38°WPanoche — 35.51°N, 119.99°WPanoche — 36.63°N, 120.80°WPanoche — 36.68°N, 120.77°WPanoche — 35.90°N, 120.23°WNacatoch Sand — 32.10°N, 96.47°WNacatoch Sand — 32.59°N, 96.31°WNacatoch Sand — 33.14°N, 96.11°WNacatoch Sand — 31.31°N, 96.90°WCorsicana Marl — 33.51°N, 94.67°WCorsicana Marl — 33.10°N, 95.99°WCorsicana Marl — 32.85°N, 96.21°WCorsicana Marl — 32.88°N, 96.20°WCorsicana Marl — 32.07°N, 96.46°WCorsicana Marl — 31.81°N, 96.54°WCorsicana Marl — 31.76°N, 96.57°WCorsicana Marl — 31.74°N, 96.61°WCorsicana Marl — 31.12°N, 96.82°WCorsicana Marl — 30.94°N, 96.95°WCorsicana Marl — 30.30°N, 97.46°WCorsicana Marl — 31.30°N, 96.90°WBearpaw — 48.03°N, 106.33°WBearpaw — 48.02°N, 106.39°WBearpaw — 48.15°N, 106.33°WBearpaw — 48.11°N, 106.34°WBearpaw — 48.22°N, 106.38°WBearpaw — 48.13°N, 106.53°WBearpaw — 48.13°N, 106.25°WBearpaw — 48.65°N, 106.87°WBearpaw — 47.46°N, 107.89°WBearpaw — 46.72°N, 107.73°WLewis Shale — 43.27°N, 104.27°WLewis Shale — 36.25°N, 106.95°WLewis Shale — 36.46°N, 106.84°WLewis Shale — 36.40°N, 106.84°WLewis Shale — 36.74°N, 106.80°WLewis Shale — 36.61°N, 106.80°WLewis Shale — 36.97°N, 106.70°WLewis Shale — 36.88°N, 106.75°WLewis Shale — 36.57°N, 106.87°WPawkowki — 49.19°N, 111.89°WPawkowki — 49.10°N, 111.35°WPawkowki — 49.01°N, 111.61°WPawkowki — 49.10°N, 111.15°WPawkowki — 49.01°N, 111.21°WPawkowki — 49.04°N, 111.08°WRedding — 40.64°N, 122.24°WRedding — 40.57°N, 122.00°WRedding — 40.68°N, 122.02°WRedding — 40.59°N, 122.10°WRedding — 40.54°N, 122.15°WRedding — 40.65°N, 122.11°WSanta Marta — 63.75°S, 58.00°WSanta Marta — 64.23°S, 56.62°WSanta Marta — 64.17°S, 57.75°WMoreno — 37.76°N, 121.40°WMoreno — 37.56°N, 121.37°WMoreno — 36.22°N, 120.12°WMoreno — 37.20°N, 121.10°WMoreno — 37.91°N, 121.78°WMoreno — 37.85°N, 121.71°WMoreno — 36.14°N, 120.36°WMoreno — 36.37°N, 120.29°WMoreno — 37.04°N, 120.98°WMoreno — 36.64°N, 120.70°WNeylandville Marl — 33.37°N, 95.69°WNeylandville Marl — 32.59°N, 96.31°WNeylandville Marl — 33.14°N, 96.11°WNeylandville Marl — 33.20°N, 96.61°WNeylandville Marl — 32.93°N, 96.46°WNeylandville Marl — 32.10°N, 96.47°WNeylandville Marl — 31.48°N, 96.73°WNeylandville Marl — 31.52°N, 96.53°WSaratoga Chalk — 33.75°N, 93.90°WSaratoga Chalk — 33.87°N, 93.58°WSaratoga Chalk — 33.77°N, 93.68°WSaratoga Chalk — 33.72°N, 93.67°WSaratoga Chalk — 33.70°N, 93.96°WRagged Valley Shale — 36.21°N, 120.45°WRagged Valley Shale — 36.33°N, 120.57°WRagged Valley Shale — 36.22°N, 120.45°WRagged Valley Shale — 36.29°N, 120.38°WWapiabi — 52.79°N, 116.86°WWapiabi — 52.92°N, 115.23°WWapiabi — 54.74°N, 114.28°WWapiabi — 53.00°N, 115.00°WWapiabi — 52.61°N, 116.34°WWapiabi — 51.14°N, 115.00°WWapiabi — 52.26°N, 115.88°WWapiabi — 50.82°N, 113.78°WWapiabi — 51.00°N, 113.00°WWapiabi — 50.74°N, 113.85°WWapiabi — 51.05°N, 114.04°WSevern — 38.80°N, 77.00°WSevern — 38.89°N, 76.85°WSevern — 38.92°N, 76.85°WSevern — 39.04°N, 76.57°WSevern — 39.33°N, 76.03°WSevern — 38.83°N, 76.85°WSevern — 38.00°N, 76.00°WQuiriquina — 36.72°S, 73.12°WQuiriquina — 36.61°S, 72.97°WQuiriquina — 36.61°S, 73.06°WQuiriquina — 36.70°S, 72.97°WQuiriquina — 36.80°S, 73.04°WAhlen — 51.80°N, 8.05°EAhlen — 51.75°N, 8.03°EAhlen — 51.72°N, 8.03°EOwl Creek — 34.17°N, 88.89°WOwl Creek — 34.93°N, 88.87°WOwl Creek — 34.82°N, 88.88°WOwl Creek — 34.45°N, 89.00°WOwl Creek — 36.98°N, 89.88°WOwl Creek — 34.75°N, 88.91°WOwl Creek — 34.50°N, 88.99°WUpper Haborogawa — 44.40°N, 141.83°EUpper Haborogawa — 44.27°N, 141.75°EMaastricht — 50.87°N, 5.77°EMaastricht — 50.85°N, 5.82°EMaastricht — 50.78°N, 5.97°E

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The named rock units Baculites has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 129 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 169 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Baculites and its relatives

Late Cretaceous

Where Baculites and its relatives were recorded in the Late Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

790 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 957 sites for Baculites, and this reads 240 of them. Of that, one read hit the database's own return limit, so every count below is a floor rather than a total. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

217 references

Each of the 1,127 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 205 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Baculites

Credit
DanielCD
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC0 Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itBaculitidae through timeFormations of the Late CretaceousThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Lamarck 1799