NICE !! Baculite sp., Pierre Shale, Late Cretaceous, Butte Co., So. Dakota 80 gr

Description

Baculite sp.
Gammon Ferrigenous Member
Pierre Shale
Lower Campanian, Late
Cretaceous
Butte County
South Dakota
This is an very attractive specimen.
Very distinct suture pattern all the way around.
Only small bits of external shell remains.
It's hefty and solid and not particularly fragile.
This specimen can be handled and examined.
It would be a good study specimen.
Photos taken indoors and outdoors. See my pics.
This baculite measures approximately 2-1/4" x 1-1/4" x up to 3/4" thick.
Weight - about 80 grams.
This fossil fits nicely in your hand and enhances your picturing of our prehistoric seas.
Baculites 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 Lamarck in 1799.
Scientific name:
Baculites
Phylum:
Mollusca
Order: Ammonitida
Rank: Genus
Higher classification: Baculitidae
Class:
Cephalopoda
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