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Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) rogeri

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae

Taxonomy
Parapachydiscus rogeri was named by Marshall (1926). Its type specimen is GNS CE.1020 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is N28/f626, Bull's Point, Kaipara Harbour, which is in a Piripauan/Haumurian marine horizon in the Otamatea Formation of New Zealand.

It was recombined as Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) rogeri by Henderson (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. gollevilensis, P. japonicus, P. vaju

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Parapachydiscus rogeri Marshall p. 188 figs. Pl 25, fig 2; pl 47, figs 1,2
1970Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) rogeri Henderson p. 61 figs. Pl 14, figs 2,3

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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
speciesrogeri()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available