Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Full reference: C. Salazar, W. Stinnesbeck, and L. A. Quinzio-Sinn. 2010. Ammonites from the Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) Quiriquina Formation in central Chile. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 257:181-236
Belongs to Menuites according to C. Salazar et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Menuites arrialoorensis, Menuites costatus, Menuites fresvillensis, Menuites menu, Menuites oralensis, Menuites portlocki, Menuites sanadai, Menuites soyaensis, Menuites wittekindi, Anapachydiscus fascicostatus, Anapachydiscus californicus, Anapachydiscus nelchinensis, Anapachydiscus peninsularis, Anapachydiscus terminus
Type specimen: CPUC/Q/SV/1455, a shell. Its type locality is San Vicente (locality SV, beds with concretions), which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone in the Quiriquina Formation of Chile.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 295.7
Distribution: found only at San Vicente (locality SV, beds with concretions)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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