Baculites ovatus

Baculites ovatus (Naturalis Lugduni Batavorum)

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Animalia — Mollusca

Classis : Cephalopoda 
Ordo : Ammonitida 
Familia : Baculitidae 
Genus : Baculites 
Species : Baculites ovatus 
Say, 1820

   

Palaeontologia

140–66 m.a.: Cretaceum superius

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Baculites ovatus est species exstincta Cephalopodum Ammonitidarum. Species a Thoma Say Philadelphiano anno 1820 descripta est (nomine Baculites ovata) e fossili Cretaceo superiori in formatione Navesink^(en) Novae Caesareae effosso, ab amico Reuben Haines servato. Holotypus, Say et Haines mortuis, deperditum esse censebatur, sed in collectu Haines recentissime repertus est.

Bibliographia

• Matthew R. Halley, "Rediscovery of the holotype of the extinct cephalopod Baculites ovatus Say, 1820 after nearly two centuries" in Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia vol. 167 (2019) pp. 1-9
• Thomas Say, "Observations on some species of Zoophytes, Shells, &c. principally fossil" in American Journal of Science and Arts vol. 1 (1819) pp. 381–387; vol. 2 (1820) pp. 34–45 Pars 1 Pars 2 apud Biodiversity Heritage Library