Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Full reference: J. B. Reeside. 1947. Upper Cretaceous ammonites from Haiti. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 214(A):1-5
Belongs to Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) according to J. B. Reeside 1947
Sister taxa: Pachydiscus (Neodesmoceras), Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus), Pachydiscus armenicus, Pachydiscus besairiei, Pachydiscus binodatus, Pachydiscus buckhami, Pachydiscus colligatus, Pachydiscus epiplectus, Pachydiscus excelsus, Pachydiscus flexuosus, Pachydiscus gollevillensis, Pachydiscus hauthali, Pachydiscus launayi, Pachydiscus levyi, Pachydiscus naumanni, Pachydiscus neevesi, Pachydiscus patagonicus, Pachydiscus peramplus, Pachydiscus perfidus, Pachydiscus precolligatus, Pachydiscus riccardi, Pachydiscus stallauensis, Pachydiscus steinmanni, Pachydiscus subcompressus, Pachydiscus subrobustus, Parapachydiscus diabloensis, Parapachydiscus orpheus, Parapachydiscus athena, Parapachydiscus abbotti, Parapachydiscus endymion, Parapachydiscus albuquerquei, Parapachydiscus psyche, Parapachydiscus bruneti, Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) gardneri, Parapachydiscus sumneri, Parapachydiscus eurydice, Parapachydiscus stanislausensis, Parapachydiscus poseidon, Parapachydiscus brasiliensis, Parapachydiscus perseus, Parapachydiscus californicus, Parapachydiscus hera, Parapachydiscus gettyi, Parapachydiscus parahybensis, Parapachydiscus euzebioi, Parapachydiscus cortinaensis, Parapachydiscus oceanus, Parapachydiscus williamsoni, Parapachydiscus reedsi, Parapachydiscus henleyensis, Parapachydiscus hermes, Parapachydiscus arionis
Type specimen: USNM 104158, a shell. Its type locality is USGS Loc. M18724, which is in a Coniacian coastal sandstone in Haiti.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Haiti (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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