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Baculites ovatus
Taxonomy
Baculites ovata was named by Say (1820) [DISTRIBUTION: Campanian; Western Interior.]. It is not a trace fossil.
It was corrected as Baculites ovatus by Russell and Landes (1937), Kennedy and Cobban (1993) and Kennedy and Cobban (1994).
It was corrected as Baculites ovatus by Russell and Landes (1937), Kennedy and Cobban (1993) and Kennedy and Cobban (1994).
Sister species
B. anceps, B. aquilaensis, B. asper, B. asperiformis, B. baculus, B. bailyi, B. capensis, B. codyensis, B. compressus, B. crickmayi, B. haresi, B. inornatus, B. knorrianus, B. lechitides, B. mclearni, B. minerensis, B. obtusus, B. occidentalis, B. pseudovatus, B. subanceps, B. teres, B. undatus, B. vaalsensis, B. vertebralis, B. yokoyamai
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1820 | Baculites ovata Say p. 41 |
| 1937 | Baculites ovatus Russell and Landes p. 171 |
| 1993 | Baculites ovatus Kennedy and Cobban p. 426 |
| 1994 | Baculites ovatus Kennedy and Cobban p. 1297 |
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