Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Alternative combinations: Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) dossantoi, Parapachydiscus dossantosi
Full reference: C. J. Maury. 1930. O Cretaceo da Parahyba do Norte. Serviço Geologico E Mineralogico do Brasil Monographia 8:1-305
Belongs to Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) according to J. W. M. Jagt et al. 2019
See also Kennedy 1995, Maury 1930 and Zaborski 1985
Sister taxa: Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) arkansanus, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) australis, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) awajiensis, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) cayeuxi, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) complanatus, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) duelmensis, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) egertoni, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) gutierrezi, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) haldemsis, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) hazzardi, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) jacquoti, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) jeani, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) kamishakensis, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) neubergicus, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) noetlingi, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) oldhami, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) ootacodensis, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) paulsoni, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) rogeri, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) ultimus, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) yama
Type specimen: Its type locality is Right bank of Rio Gramame (Sphenodiscus zone), which is in a Maastrichtian/Maastrichtian carbonate limestone in the Gramame Formation of Brazil
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1 collection), Jordan (1), Nigeria (1), Oman (3), the United Arab Emirates (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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