Baculites

phylum	Mollusca	Baculites("walking stick rock") is an extinct genus of cephalopods with a nearly straight shell, included in the heteromorph ammonites. The genus, which lived worldwide throughout most of the Late Cretaceous, was named by Lamarckin 1799. As with other ammonites, the shell consisted of a series of camerae, or chambers, that were connected to the animal by a narrow tube called a siphuncle by which gas content and thereby buoyancy could be regulated in the same manner as Nautilusdoes today. The chambers are separated by walls called septa. The line where each septum meets the outer shell is called the suture or suture line. Like other true ammonites, Baculiteshave intricate suture patterns on their shells that can be used to identify different species. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to Cephalopoda
class	Cephalopoda
order	Ammonitida
family	Baculitidae
genus	Baculites
Temporal range	Upper Cretaceous

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