Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Alternative combination: Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) launayi
Belongs to Pachydiscus according to P. Courville and G. S. Odin 2001
See also Kennedy 1986
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 levyi, Pachydiscus naumanni, Pachydiscus neevesi, Pachydiscus patagonicus, Pachydiscus peramplus, Pachydiscus perfidus, Pachydiscus precolligatus, Pachydiscus riccardi, Pachydiscus stallauensis, Pachydiscus steinmanni, Pachydiscus subcompressus, Pachydiscus subrobustus, Parapachydiscus sumneri, Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) gardneri, Parapachydiscus hera, Parapachydiscus albuquerquei, Parapachydiscus endymion, Parapachydiscus reedsi, Parapachydiscus parahybensis, Parapachydiscus henleyensis, Parapachydiscus euzebioi, Parapachydiscus athena, Parapachydiscus abbotti, Parapachydiscus perseus, Parapachydiscus bruneti, Parapachydiscus stanislausensis, Parapachydiscus eurydice, Parapachydiscus gettyi, Parapachydiscus williamsoni, Parapachydiscus diabloensis, Parapachydiscus hermes, Parapachydiscus arionis, Parapachydiscus psyche, Parapachydiscus californicus, Parapachydiscus brasiliensis, Parapachydiscus orpheus, Parapachydiscus poseidon, Parapachydiscus cortinaensis, Parapachydiscus oceanus, Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) woodringi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Voulgézac (Charente), Assise P1, which is in a Campanian carbonate carbonate in France
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 118.8
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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