Definition of Baculite. Meaning of Baculite. Synonyms of Baculite

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Definition of Baculite

Baculite
Baculite Bac"u*lite, n. [L. baculune stick, staff; cf. F. baculite.] (Paleon.) A cephalopod of the extinct genus Baculites, found fossil in the Cretaceous rocks. It is like an uncoiled ammonite.

Meaning of Baculite from wikipedia

- Baculites is an extinct genus of heteromorph ammonite cephalopods with almost straight s****. The genus, which lived worldwide throughout most of the...
- The Calcaires à Baculites is a geologic formation in France. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period. Earth sciences portal France portal...
- Orthoceras (see image), intricately foliated in Baculites and related forms. Paleontology portal Baculites – another type of extinct, straight-s****ed cephalopod...
- The Baculites Limestone is a geologic formation in France. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period. Earth sciences portal France portal...
- ammonites remaining belonged to the suborder Ancyloceratina. One example is Baculites, which has a nearly straight s**** convergent with the older orthocone...
- Hesperornithiformes were flightless, marine diving birds that swam like grebes. Baculites, an ammonite genus with a straight s****, flourished in the seas along...
- Placenticeras intercalare, and (to a lesser degree) the cylindrical baculite, Baculites compressus. Ammonites were cephalopods, that thrived in tropical...
- Campanian Age of the late Cretaceous. However, the discovery of fossils of Baculites baculus in the uppermost beds of the Pierre Shale in the Raton, New Mexico...
- from diminutive Ptychoceras, which was barely 3 cm (1.2 in) long, to Baculites and Diplomoceras, which could grow to 1–2 m (3.3–6.6 ft) in length. Some...
- The uncoiled s**** of Baculites grandis, a species of heteromorph ammonite...