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 hermes, Parapachydiscus diabloensis, Parapachydiscus endymion, Parapachydiscus sumneri, Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) woodringi, Parapachydiscus reedsi, Parapachydiscus oceanus, Parapachydiscus stanislausensis, Parapachydiscus parahybensis, Parapachydiscus abbotti, Parapachydiscus williamsoni, Parapachydiscus euzebioi, Parapachydiscus brasiliensis, Parapachydiscus perseus, Parapachydiscus eurydice, Parapachydiscus cortinaensis, Parapachydiscus psyche, Parapachydiscus californicus, Parapachydiscus bruneti, Parapachydiscus albuquerquei, Parapachydiscus gettyi, Parapachydiscus arionis, Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) gardneri, Parapachydiscus hera, Parapachydiscus henleyensis, Parapachydiscus poseidon, Parapachydiscus athena, Parapachydiscus orpheus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Voulgézac (Charente), Assise P1, which is in a Campanian carbonate carbonate in France
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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