Baculites rectus
Status not recordedoctopus and squidExtinct
Baculites rectus is a species in the family Baculitidae, order Ammonoidea. Source checklists list it for 1 country: New Zealand.
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Quick facts about Baculites rectus
- 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
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
Where does Baculites rectus 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 rectus is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Is Baculites rectus 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 rectus classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumMollusca
- classCephalopoda
- orderAmmonoidea
- familyBaculitidae
- genusBaculites
- SpeciesBaculites rectus Marshall, 1926
Relatives of Baculites rectus
Other species in the same genus Baculites.
CompareBaculites rectus vs Baculites ambatryensisBaculites rectus vs Baculites ancepsBaculites rectus vs Baculites aquilaensisBaculites rectus vs Baculites asper
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
Where does Baculites rectus live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list Baculites rectus for 1 country: New Zealand. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is Baculites rectus?
Baculites rectus (Baculites rectus) 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.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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