Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Full reference: L. F. Spath. 1953. The Upper Cretaceous cephalopod fauna of Graham Land. Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey Scientific Reports 3:1-60
Parent taxon: Pachydiscidae according to B. Niebuhr et al. 2016
See also Jones 1963, Matsumoto 1959, Morozumi 1985, Sepkoski 2002 and Wright et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Baskaniceras, Canadoceras, Chimbuites, Eopachydiscus, Eupachydiscus, Hoepenites, Lewesiceras, Menabonites, Menuites, Nowakites, Pachydiscoides, Pachydiscus, Pseudojacobites, Teshioites, Tongoboryceras, Tuberodiscoides, Urakawites
Subtaxa: Patagiosites alaskensis Patagiosites amarus Patagiosites arbucklensis Patagiosites laevis Patagiosites patagiosus Patagiosites stobaei
Type: Ammonites patagiosus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1 collection), Belgium (1), Chile (1), Germany (4), Iran (2), Japan (2), United States (12: Alaska, California)
Total: 23 collections including 29 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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