Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Full reference: R. Casey and M. F. Glaessner. 1958. Ammonite taxonomy, in New Cretaceous fossils from New Guinea, with a contribution on a new ammonite genus. Records of the South Australian Museum 13:199-226
Parent taxon: Pachydiscidae according to C. W. Wright et al. 1996
See also Casey and Glaessner 1958, Matsumoto and Skwarko 1991 and Matsumoto and Skwarko 1993
Sister taxa: Baskaniceras, Canadoceras, Eopachydiscus, Eupachydiscus, Hoepenites, Lewesiceras, Menabonites, Menuites, Nowakites, Pachydiscoides, Pachydiscus, Patagiosites, Pseudojacobites, Teshioites, Tongoboryceras, Tuberodiscoides, Urakawites
Subtaxa: Chimbuites giganteus Chimbuites mirindowensis Chimbuites sinuosocostatus
Type: Chimbuites sinuosocostatus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Australia (2 collections), Papua New Guinea (4)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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