Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Full reference: C. J. Maury. 1930. O Cretaceo da Parahyba do Norte. Serviço Geologico E Mineralogico do Brasil Monographia 8:1-305
Belongs to Parapachydiscus according to C. J. Maury 1930
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 orpheus, Parapachydiscus perseus, Parapachydiscus psyche, Parapachydiscus reedsi, Parapachydiscus stanislausensis, Parapachydiscus eurydice, Parapachydiscus hera, Parapachydiscus hermes, Parapachydiscus albuquerquei, Parapachydiscus endymion, Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) gardneri, Parapachydiscus arionis, Parapachydiscus poseidon, Parapachydiscus williamsoni, Parapachydiscus euzebioi, Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) woodringi, Parapachydiscus diabloensis, Parapachydiscus oceanus, Parapachydiscus cortinaensis, Parapachydiscus parahybensis, Parapachydiscus abbotti, Parapachydiscus sumneri, Parapachydiscus gettyi, Parapachydiscus brasiliensis, Parapachydiscus californicus, Parapachydiscus athena, Parapachydiscus henleyensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Right bank of Rio Gramame (Sphenodiscus zone), which is in a Maastrichtian/Maastrichtian carbonate limestone in the Gramame Formation of Brazil
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Right bank of Rio Gramame (Sphenodiscus zone)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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