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 diabloensis, Parapachydiscus bruneti, Parapachydiscus brasiliensis, Parapachydiscus endymion, Parapachydiscus abbotti, Parapachydiscus euzebioi, Parapachydiscus gettyi, Parapachydiscus perseus, Parapachydiscus albuquerquei, Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) gardneri, Parapachydiscus eurydice, Parapachydiscus cortinaensis, Parapachydiscus psyche, Parapachydiscus stanislausensis, Parapachydiscus williamsoni, Parapachydiscus oceanus, Parapachydiscus athena, Parapachydiscus parahybensis, Parapachydiscus californicus, Parapachydiscus poseidon, Parapachydiscus sumneri, Parapachydiscus arionis, Parapachydiscus orpheus, Parapachydiscus hermes, Parapachydiscus henleyensis, Parapachydiscus reedsi, Parapachydiscus hera
Type specimen: USNM 104158, a shell. Its type locality is USGS Loc. M18724, which is in a Coniacian coastal sandstone in Haiti.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Haiti (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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