Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Alternative combination: Ammonites menu
Full reference: E. Forbes. 1846. Report on the fossil invertebrata from southern India, collected by Mr. Kaye and Mr. Cunliffe. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 7:97-174
Belongs to Menuites according to W. J. Kennedy and R. A. Henderson 1992
See also Forbes 1846, Kennedy et al. 2007 and Kennedy and Summesberger 1986
Sister taxa: Menuites arrialoorensis, Menuites costatus, Menuites fresvillensis, Menuites gerardoi, Menuites oralensis, Menuites portlocki, Menuites sanadai, Menuites soyaensis, Menuites wittekindi, Anapachydiscus terminus, Anapachydiscus peninsularis, Anapachydiscus californicus, Anapachydiscus fascicostatus, Anapachydiscus nelchinensis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 52.8
Distribution: found only at Pondicherry (Cretaceous of India)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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