Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Full reference: C. Salazar, W. Stinnesbeck, and L. A. Quinzio-Sinn. 2010. Ammonites from the Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) Quiriquina Formation in central Chile. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 257:181-236
Belongs to Menuites according to C. Salazar et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Menuites arrialoorensis, Menuites costatus, Menuites fresvillensis, Menuites menu, Menuites oralensis, Menuites portlocki, Menuites sanadai, Menuites soyaensis, Menuites wittekindi, Anapachydiscus californicus, Anapachydiscus subtililobatum, Anapachydiscus terminus, Anapachydiscus fascicostatus, Anapachydiscus nelchinensis, Anapachydiscus peninsularis
Type specimen: CPUC/Q/SV/1455, a shell. Its type locality is San Vicente (locality SV, beds with concretions), which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone in the Quiriquina Formation of Chile.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 295.7
Distribution: found only at San Vicente (locality SV, beds with concretions)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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