| Baculites Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous | |
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| An artist's illustration of Baculites | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Suborder: | †Ancyloceratina |
| Superfamily: | †Turrilitaceae |
| Family: | †Baculitidae |
| Genus: | †Baculites Lamarck, 1799 |
| Type species | |
| †Baculites vertebralis Lamarck, 1801 vide Meek, 1876 | |
| Referred species | |
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Baculites vertebralis is a genus of ammonite that lived during the Late Cretaceous. One surprising feature about Baculites is that it resembled orthocones, a group of cephalopods that lived during the Paleozoic era and also had cone-shaped shells. This is most likely a case of convergent evolution.
In Popular Culture[]
- Baculites appears in Jurassic World: The Game as a super rare aquatic creature.
- Baculites appears in episode 4 of Prehistoric Planet Season 2.