Pachydiscus (Neodesmoceras) obsoletiformis Jones 1963 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae

Full reference: D. L. Jones. 1963. Upper Cretaceous (Campanian and Maestrichtian) ammonites from southern Alaska. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 432:1-53

Belongs to Pachydiscus (Neodesmoceras) according to D. L. Jones 1963

Sister taxa: Neodesmoceras catarinae, Pachydiscus (Neodesmoceras) mokotibensis, Pachydiscus (Neodesmoceras) princeps, Pachydiscus (Neodesmoceras) soma

Type specimen: USNM 131200, a shell. Its type locality is USGS M565, Talkeetna Mountains, which is in a Campanian marine siliciclastic in the Matanuska Formation of Alaska.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 147.8

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (7: Alaska collections)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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