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Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) gutierrezi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae

Taxonomy
Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) gutierrezi was named by Salazar et al. (2010). Its type specimen is CPUC/Q/LT/89, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Las Tablas, Quiriquina Island (locality LT, beds with concretions), which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone in the Quiriquina Formation of Chile.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) gutierrezi Salazar et al. p. 213 figs. 27b-c, 29-31, 32a-b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyPachydiscidaeSpath 1922
genusPachydiscusZittel 1884
subgenusPachydiscusZittel 1884
speciesgutierrezi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) gutierrezi Salazar et al. 2010
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height713.06.0071.010.523.1
shell diameter727.716.0138.021.044.2
shell inflation76.043.0026.05.008.07

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Chile Pachydiscus gutierrezi (165491 type locality: 165492 165497 165507)