Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Synonym: Parapachydiscus bidwelli Anderson 1958
Belongs to Pachydiscus according to Whiteaves 1903
See also Anderson 1958
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 patagonicus, Pachydiscus peramplus, Pachydiscus perfidus, Pachydiscus precolligatus, Pachydiscus riccardi, Pachydiscus stallauensis, Pachydiscus steinmanni, Pachydiscus subcompressus, Pachydiscus subrobustus, Parapachydiscus parahybensis, Parapachydiscus williamsoni, Parapachydiscus abbotti, Parapachydiscus hermes, Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) gardneri, Parapachydiscus cortinaensis, Parapachydiscus arionis, Parapachydiscus stanislausensis, Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) woodringi, Parapachydiscus perseus, Parapachydiscus hera, Parapachydiscus gettyi, Parapachydiscus brasiliensis, Parapachydiscus psyche, Parapachydiscus euzebioi, Parapachydiscus oceanus, Parapachydiscus poseidon, Parapachydiscus bruneti, Parapachydiscus reedsi, Parapachydiscus californicus, Parapachydiscus henleyensis, Parapachydiscus athena, Parapachydiscus sumneri, Parapachydiscus eurydice, Parapachydiscus orpheus, Parapachydiscus endymion, Parapachydiscus albuquerquei, Parapachydiscus diabloensis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 150.0
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (3: California collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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