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Baculite fossils from South Dakota. Some
still have traces of the original nacre (shells). Nacre, also known as mother of pearl, is an organic-inorganic Composite material produced by some Mollusks as an inner shell layer |
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Baculitidae is an extinct family of cephalopods belonging to the Ammonite suborder Ancyloceratina. Molluscs are animals belonging to the phylum Mollusca. There are around 250000 extant Species within the phylum with an estimated 70000 The cephalopods ( Greek plural (kephalópoda "head-feet" are the Mollusc class Cephalopoda characterized by Ammonites are an extinct group of marine animals of the subclass Ammonoidea in the class Cephalopoda phylum Ammonites are an extinct group of marine animals of the subclass Ammonoidea in the class Cephalopoda phylum The Ancyloceratina were a diverse suborder of Ammonite most closely related to the ammonites of order Lytoceratina. A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic Baculites ("walking stick rock" is a Genus of extinct marine animals in the Phylum Mollusca and Class In Biological classification, family ( Latin The cephalopods ( Greek plural (kephalópoda "head-feet" are the Mollusc class Cephalopoda characterized by Ammonites are an extinct group of marine animals of the subclass Ammonoidea in the class Cephalopoda phylum The Ancyloceratina were a diverse suborder of Ammonite most closely related to the ammonites of order Lytoceratina.
[1] The Paleobiology Database]