Pachydiscus Zittel 1884 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae

Synonyms: Joaquinites Anderson 1958, Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) Hyatt 1900, Parapachydiscus Hyatt 1900, Pseudomenuites Matsumoto 1955

Parent taxon: Pachydiscidae according to J. W. M. Jagt et al. 2019

See also Anderson 1958, Arkadiev et al. 2000, Cobban and Kennedy 1992, Consoli and Stilwell 2005, Főzy 2001, Henderson 1970, Kennedy 1986, Kennedy 1993, Kennedy 1995, Kennedy 1995, Kennedy 1999, Kennedy and Bilotte 1995, Kennedy and Cobban 1993, Kennedy and Cobban 1993, Kennedy and Cobban 1994, Kennedy and Cobban 1996, Kennedy and Cobban 1997, Kennedy and Kaplan 1995, Kennedy and Summesberger 1986, Kennedy and Summesberger 1987, Landman et al. 2007, Macellari 1986, Matsumoto 1959, Matsumoto 1984, Morozumi 1985, Niebuhr et al. 2016, Reeside 1947, Reyment 1955, Sepkoski 2002, Shigeta 2016, Szives 2007, Ward and Kennedy 1993 and Zaborski 1985

Sister taxa: Baskaniceras, Canadoceras, Chimbuites, Eopachydiscus, Eupachydiscus, Hoepenites, Lewesiceras, Menabonites, Menuites, Nowakites, Pachydiscoides, Patagiosites, Pseudojacobites, Teshioites, Tongoboryceras, Tuberodiscoides, Urakawites

Subtaxa: Pachydiscus (Neodesmoceras) Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) gardneri Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) woodringi 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 abbotti Parapachydiscus albuquerquei Parapachydiscus arionis Parapachydiscus athena Parapachydiscus brasiliensis Parapachydiscus bruneti Parapachydiscus californicus Parapachydiscus cortinaensis Parapachydiscus diabloensis Parapachydiscus endymion Parapachydiscus eurydice Parapachydiscus euzebioi Parapachydiscus gettyi Parapachydiscus henleyensis Parapachydiscus hera Parapachydiscus hermes Parapachydiscus oceanus Parapachydiscus orpheus Parapachydiscus parahybensis Parapachydiscus perseus Parapachydiscus poseidon Parapachydiscus psyche Parapachydiscus reedsi Parapachydiscus stanislausensis Parapachydiscus sumneri Parapachydiscus williamsoni

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey collection)

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (45), Australia (23), Austria (4), Belgium (5), Brazil (2), Bulgaria (3), Cameroon (2), Canada (1: British Columbia), Chile (7), Denmark (4), Egypt (2), France (68), Germany (23), Haiti (3), Hungary (1), India (1), Iran (2), Japan (12), Jordan (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (6), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (2), Nigeria (3), Oman (5), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (11), Saudi Arabia (1), South Africa (1), Spain (2), Turkey (2), Turkmenistan (2), Ukraine (6), the United Arab Emirates (1), United States (102: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Mississippi, New Jersey, Texas, Washington)

Total: 357 collections including 444 occurrences

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