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Baculites obtusus

Status not recordedoctopus and squidExtinct

Baculites obtusus is a species in the family Baculitidae, order Ammonoidea. Source checklists list it for 3 countries: Canada, Greenland and United States.

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Quick facts about Baculites obtusus

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
3 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Baculites obtusus live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Baculites obtusus is listed for 3 countries.

CanadaUnited States of AmericaGreenland
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Canada
  2. Greenland
  3. United States

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Baculites obtusus endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Baculites obtusus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classCephalopoda
  4. orderAmmonoidea
  5. familyBaculitidae
  6. genusBaculites
  7. SpeciesBaculites obtusus (Meek, 1876)

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Baculites obtusus

Other species in the same genus Baculites.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Baculites obtusus live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Baculites obtusus for 3 countries: Canada, Greenland and United States. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Baculites obtusus?

Baculites obtusus (Baculites obtusus) belongs to the family Baculitidae in the order Ammonoidea.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Baculites obtusus (Baculites obtusus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/baculites-obtusus

MLA

“Baculites obtusus (Baculites obtusus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/baculites-obtusus.

BibTeX
@misc{baculites_obtusus_2026,
  title = {Baculites obtusus (Baculites obtusus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/baculites-obtusus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}