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†Pachydesmoceras Spath 1922 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Parent taxon: Puzosiinae according to M. Benzaggagh et al. 2017

See also Gale et al. 2005, Kennedy 2005, Kennedy 2013, Matsumoto 1959, Matsumoto and Skwarko 1991, Matsumoto and Skwarko 1993, Renz 1976, Reyment 1955, Sealey and Lucas 2017, Sepkoski 2002, Wright et al. 1996 and Zaborski 1987

Sister taxa: Abrytusites, Callizoniceras, Feruglioceras, Grandidiericeras, Jimboiceras, Kennicottia, Kitchinites, Lytodiscoides, Melchiorites, Mesopuzosia, Oiophyllites, Parapuzosia, Pseudohaploceras, Pseudosilesites, Puzosia, Umsinenoceras, Valdedorsella

Subtaxa: Pachydesmoceras denisonianum Pachydesmoceras kamerunense Pachydesmoceras kossmati Pachydesmoceras linderi Pachydesmoceras maroccanum Pachydesmoceras pachydiscoide

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1 collection), Brazil (12), Cameroon (5), Canada (1: British Columbia), France (1), Germany (1), India (2), Japan (2), Madagascar (2), Morocco (1), Nigeria (2), Papua New Guinea (3), Poland (2), Romania (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (1), United States (3: California, New Mexico, Texas)

Total: 41 collections each including a single occurrence

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