. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. Fig. 121. A-C. Baculites sp. (?nov.) cf. B. aquilaensis Reeside. Plaster cast of GD12358, the original of Collignon (1970, pi. 639 (fig. 2358)), from the Upper Campanian, zone of Hoplifoplacenficeras marroti of gisement 227-2, Mokotibe (Antsalova), Madagascar. D-E. Baculites hassei Besairie, 1930. Copy of the lectotype illustrated in Besairie (1930, pi. 22 (fig. 8-8a)), from the Upper Campanian or Lower Maastrichtian, of north of Trangahy, Madagascar. Both x 1. Discussion The subtrigonal whorl sectio
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. Fig. 121. A-C. Baculites sp. (?nov.) cf. B. aquilaensis Reeside. Plaster cast of GD12358, the original of Collignon (1970, pi. 639 (fig. 2358)), from the Upper Campanian, zone of Hoplifoplacenficeras marroti of gisement 227-2, Mokotibe (Antsalova), Madagascar. D-E. Baculites hassei Besairie, 1930. Copy of the lectotype illustrated in Besairie (1930, pi. 22 (fig. 8-8a)), from the Upper Campanian or Lower Maastrichtian, of north of Trangahy, Madagascar. Both x 1. Discussion The subtrigonal whorl section clearly distinguishes B. nibelae from B. vanhoepeni, the latter having a typically elliptical whorl section. The shape of the lateral ribs in both species is similar but those of B. vanhoepeni are much more robust, and the latter species grows to a much larger size than B. nibelae. The occurrence of B. nibelae at locality 111, east of 110, suggests that it is younger than B. vanhoepeni, but still in the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum. Cape Town : The Museum
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