Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Synonym: Parapachydiscus bidwelli Anderson 1958
Belongs to Pachydiscus according to Whiteaves 1903
See also Anderson 1958
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 patagonicus, Pachydiscus peramplus, Pachydiscus perfidus, Pachydiscus precolligatus, Pachydiscus riccardi, Pachydiscus stallauensis, Pachydiscus steinmanni, Pachydiscus subcompressus, Pachydiscus subrobustus, Parapachydiscus orpheus, Parapachydiscus williamsoni, Parapachydiscus endymion, Parapachydiscus stanislausensis, Parapachydiscus oceanus, Parapachydiscus athena, Parapachydiscus hera, Parapachydiscus euzebioi, Parapachydiscus sumneri, Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) gardneri, Parapachydiscus henleyensis, Parapachydiscus reedsi, Parapachydiscus diabloensis, Parapachydiscus hermes, Parapachydiscus californicus, Parapachydiscus parahybensis, Parapachydiscus psyche, Parapachydiscus albuquerquei, Parapachydiscus cortinaensis, Parapachydiscus brasiliensis, Parapachydiscus poseidon, Parapachydiscus eurydice, Parapachydiscus gettyi, Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) woodringi, Parapachydiscus bruneti, Parapachydiscus abbotti, Parapachydiscus perseus, Parapachydiscus arionis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 150.0
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (3: California collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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