Palæont. [f. as prec. + -ITE.] A genus of fossil cephalopods, with chambered cylindrical shells.
1822. Parkinson, Fossil Org. Rem., 166. Baculites, A multilocular straight, or slightly bent, cylindrical, or slightly conical shell.
1841. H. Miller, O. R. Sandst., viii. 171. The belemnites, baculites, turrilites, of the Cretaceous group.
