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Baculites

extinct genus of ammonites (Ammonoidea)
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Baculites

Summary

Baculites is a fossil taxon[1]. Baculites ranks in the top 3% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (207 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Baculites's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon[3].
  • Baculites is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Baculites belongs to the parent taxon Baculitidae[5].
  • Baculites's scientific name is Baculites[6].
  • Baculites's Commons category is recorded as Baculites[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Baculites is Baculites vertebralis[8].
  • Baculites began on -140000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Baculites ended on -66000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Baculites's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • Baculites's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12].
  • Baculites dates from the Late Cretaceous[13].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Baculites is Baculites[6]. Baculites is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Baculites belongs to the parent taxon Baculitidae[5]. The taxonomic type of Baculites is Baculites vertebralis[8].

Identifiers

Baculites's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7793367[14].

Why It Matters

Baculites ranks in the top 3% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (207 views/month).[2] Baculites has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] Baculites is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · Paucabot · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxonomic type → Baculites vertebralis
    Taxon rank → genus
    Start time → -140000000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Parent taxon → Baculitidae
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ [[Property:P18]]: SouthDakotaBaculites.jpg"
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