Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Alternative combinations: Ammonites epiplectus, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) epiplectus
Belongs to Pachydiscus according to P. Courville and G. S. Odin 2001
See also Arkadiev et al. 2000, Kennedy and Summesberger 1986 and Ward and Kennedy 1993
Sister taxa: Pachydiscus (Neodesmoceras), Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus), Pachydiscus armenicus, Pachydiscus besairiei, Pachydiscus binodatus, Pachydiscus buckhami, Pachydiscus colligatus, 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 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
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (2 collections), France (1), Ukraine (1)
Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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