Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Full reference: J. B. Reeside. 1947. Upper Cretaceous ammonites from Haiti. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 214(A):1-5
Belongs to Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) according to J. B. Reeside 1947
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 patagonicus, Pachydiscus peramplus, Pachydiscus perfidus, Pachydiscus precolligatus, Pachydiscus riccardi, Pachydiscus stallauensis, Pachydiscus steinmanni, Pachydiscus subcompressus, Pachydiscus subrobustus, Parapachydiscus orpheus, Parapachydiscus williamsoni, Parapachydiscus endymion, Parapachydiscus stanislausensis, Parapachydiscus oceanus, Parapachydiscus athena, Parapachydiscus hera, Parapachydiscus euzebioi, Parapachydiscus sumneri, Parapachydiscus henleyensis, Parapachydiscus reedsi, Parapachydiscus diabloensis, Parapachydiscus hermes, Parapachydiscus californicus, Parapachydiscus parahybensis, Parapachydiscus psyche, Parapachydiscus albuquerquei, Parapachydiscus cortinaensis, Parapachydiscus brasiliensis, Parapachydiscus poseidon, Parapachydiscus eurydice, Parapachydiscus gettyi, Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) woodringi, Parapachydiscus bruneti, Parapachydiscus abbotti, Parapachydiscus perseus, Parapachydiscus arionis
Type specimen: USNM 104157. Its type locality is USGS Loc. M18723, which is in a Coniacian coastal sandstone in Haiti.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at USGS Loc. M18723
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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