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 cortinaensis, Parapachydiscus bruneti, Parapachydiscus hermes, Parapachydiscus abbotti, Parapachydiscus californicus, Parapachydiscus poseidon, Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) woodringi, Parapachydiscus williamsoni, Parapachydiscus albuquerquei, Parapachydiscus oceanus, Parapachydiscus euzebioi, Parapachydiscus brasiliensis, Parapachydiscus psyche, Parapachydiscus eurydice, Parapachydiscus diabloensis, Parapachydiscus perseus, Parapachydiscus gettyi, Parapachydiscus endymion, Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) gardneri, Parapachydiscus hera, Parapachydiscus reedsi, Parapachydiscus athena, Parapachydiscus stanislausensis, Parapachydiscus orpheus, Parapachydiscus arionis, Parapachydiscus sumneri, Parapachydiscus henleyensis, Parapachydiscus parahybensis
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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