Pachydiscus excelsus Matsumoto 1979 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae

Belongs to Pachydiscus according to Y. Shigeta 2016

Sister taxa: Pachydiscus (Neodesmoceras), Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus), Pachydiscus armenicus, Pachydiscus besairiei, Pachydiscus binodatus, Pachydiscus buckhami, Pachydiscus colligatus, Pachydiscus epiplectus, 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 euzebioi, Parapachydiscus oceanus, Parapachydiscus diabloensis, Parapachydiscus psyche, Parapachydiscus hera, Parapachydiscus endymion, Parapachydiscus parahybensis, Parapachydiscus albuquerquei, Parapachydiscus orpheus, Parapachydiscus brasiliensis, Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) gardneri, Parapachydiscus williamsoni, Parapachydiscus gettyi, Parapachydiscus californicus, Parapachydiscus perseus, Parapachydiscus athena, Parapachydiscus hermes, Parapachydiscus sumneri, Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) woodringi, Parapachydiscus henleyensis, Parapachydiscus reedsi, Parapachydiscus eurydice, Parapachydiscus bruneti, Parapachydiscus poseidon, Parapachydiscus abbotti, Parapachydiscus stanislausensis, Parapachydiscus arionis, Parapachydiscus cortinaensis

Type specimen: GK.H5895, a shell

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Locality 15, Urakawa (Cretaceous of Japan)

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