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 nelchinensis, Anapachydiscus terminus, Anapachydiscus subtililobatum, Anapachydiscus peninsularis, Anapachydiscus fascicostatus, Anapachydiscus californicus
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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