Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Alternative combination: Ammonites yama
Full reference: E. Forbes. 1846. Report on the fossil invertebrata from southern India, collected by Mr. Kaye and Mr. Cunliffe. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 7:97-174
Belongs to Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) according to W. J. Kennedy and R. A. Henderson 1992
See also Forbes 1846
Sister taxa: Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) arkansanus, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) australis, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) awajiensis, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) cayeuxi, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) complanatus, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) dossantosi, 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
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 16.8
Distribution: found only at Pondicherry (Cretaceous of India)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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