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 abbotti, Parapachydiscus orpheus, Parapachydiscus euzebioi, Parapachydiscus williamsoni, Parapachydiscus parahybensis, Parapachydiscus oceanus, Parapachydiscus gettyi, Parapachydiscus californicus, Parapachydiscus athena, Parapachydiscus albuquerquei, Parapachydiscus eurydice, Parapachydiscus psyche, Parapachydiscus endymion, Parapachydiscus brasiliensis, Parapachydiscus diabloensis, Parapachydiscus perseus, Parapachydiscus poseidon, Parapachydiscus cortinaensis, Parapachydiscus bruneti, Parapachydiscus sumneri, Parapachydiscus hera, Parapachydiscus stanislausensis, Parapachydiscus reedsi, Parapachydiscus arionis, Parapachydiscus henleyensis, Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) gardneri, Parapachydiscus hermes
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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