Pachydiscus patagonicus Paulcke 1907 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae

Full reference: W. J. Paulcke. 1907. Die Cephalopoden der oberen Kreide Südpatagoniens. Berichte der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Freiburg im Breisgau 15:1-82

Belongs to Pachydiscus according to W. J. Paulcke 1907

Sister taxa: Pachydiscus (Neodesmoceras), Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus), Pachydiscus armenicus, Pachydiscus besairiei, Pachydiscus binodatus, Pachydiscus buckhami, Pachydiscus colligatus, Pachydiscus epiplectus, Pachydiscus excelsus, Pachydiscus flexuosus, Pachydiscus gollevillensis, Pachydiscus hauthali, Pachydiscus launayi, Pachydiscus levyi, Pachydiscus naumanni, Pachydiscus neevesi, Pachydiscus peramplus, Pachydiscus perfidus, Pachydiscus precolligatus, Pachydiscus riccardi, Pachydiscus stallauensis, Pachydiscus steinmanni, Pachydiscus subcompressus, Pachydiscus subrobustus, Parapachydiscus psyche, Parapachydiscus reedsi, Parapachydiscus orpheus, Parapachydiscus perseus, Parapachydiscus cortinaensis, Parapachydiscus diabloensis, Parapachydiscus abbotti, Parapachydiscus brasiliensis, Parapachydiscus eurydice, Parapachydiscus athena, Parapachydiscus hera, Parapachydiscus hermes, Parapachydiscus albuquerquei, Parapachydiscus californicus, Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) gardneri, Parapachydiscus stanislausensis, Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) woodringi, Parapachydiscus williamsoni, Parapachydiscus bruneti, Parapachydiscus oceanus, Parapachydiscus henleyensis, Parapachydiscus gettyi, Parapachydiscus sumneri, Parapachydiscus parahybensis, Parapachydiscus poseidon, Parapachydiscus endymion, Parapachydiscus euzebioi, Parapachydiscus arionis

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Laguna Amarga (Cretaceous of Chile)

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