Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Synonyms: Anapachydiscus Yabe and Shimizu 1926, Cobbanoscaphites, Neopachydiscus
Parent taxon: Pachydiscidae according to J. W. M. Jagt et al. 2019
See also Henderson 1970, Ifrim et al. 2015, Kennedy 1986, Kennedy 1999, Kennedy and Cobban 1997, Kennedy et al. 2007, Kennedy and Hancock 1993, Kennedy et al. 1973, Kennedy and Summesberger 1986, Matsumoto 1959, Matsumoto 1984, Niebuhr et al. 2016, Sepkoski 2002, Shigeta 2016, Shigeta and Izukura 2018, Shimizu 1935 and Ward and Kennedy 1993
Sister taxa: Baskaniceras, Canadoceras, Chimbuites, Eopachydiscus, Eupachydiscus, Hoepenites, Lewesiceras, Menabonites, Nowakites, Pachydiscoides, Pachydiscus, Patagiosites, Pseudojacobites, Teshioites, Tongoboryceras, Tuberodiscoides, Urakawites
Subtaxa: Anapachydiscus californicus Anapachydiscus fascicostatus Anapachydiscus nelchinensis Anapachydiscus peninsularis Anapachydiscus terminus Menuites arrialoorensis Menuites costatus Menuites fresvillensis Menuites gerardoi Menuites menu Menuites oralensis Menuites portlocki Menuites sanadai Menuites soyaensis Menuites wittekindi
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Antarctica (18), Australia (12), Austria (3), Bulgaria (1), Chile (3), Denmark (6), France (4), Germany (2), India (1), Iran (1), Japan (13), Jordan (1), Mexico (4), the Netherlands (1), the Russian Federation (3), South Africa (1), United States (32: Alaska, Arkansas, California, Delaware, New Jersey, New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 107 collections including 119 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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