Cephalopoda - Ammonoidea - Baculitidae
Parent taxon: Baculitidae according to W. J. Kennedy et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Boehmoceras, Eubaculites, Euhomaloceras, Fresvillia, Hyphantoceras, Lechites, Pseudobaculites, Sciponoceras, Tuberosciponoceras
Subtaxa: Baculites anceps, Baculites aquilaensis, Baculites asper, Baculites asperiformis, Baculites baculus, Baculites bailyi, Baculites capensis, Baculites codyensis, Baculites compressus, Baculites crickmayi, Baculites haresi, Baculites inornatus, Baculites knorrianus, Baculites lechitides, Baculites mclearni, Baculites minerensis, Baculites obtusus, Baculites occidentalis, Baculites ovatus, Baculites pseudovatus, Baculites subanceps, Baculites teres, Baculites undatus, Baculites vaalsensis, Baculites vertebralis, Baculites yokoyamai
Type: Baculites vertebralis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore