Pachydiscus subcompressus Matsumoto 1954 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae

Alternative combination: Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) subcompressus

Synonyms: Joaquinites fascicostatum Anderson 1958, Joaquinites fascicostatus Anderson 1958

Belongs to Pachydiscus according to Y. Shigeta and H. Maeda 2023

See also Anderson 1958, Matsumoto 1959 and Morozumi 1985

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 launayi, Pachydiscus levyi, Pachydiscus naumanni, Pachydiscus neevesi, Pachydiscus patagonicus, Pachydiscus peramplus, Pachydiscus perfidus, Pachydiscus precolligatus, Pachydiscus riccardi, Pachydiscus stallauensis, Pachydiscus steinmanni, Pachydiscus subrobustus, Parapachydiscus bruneti, Parapachydiscus arionis, Parapachydiscus diabloensis, Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) woodringi, Parapachydiscus hermes, Parapachydiscus californicus, Parapachydiscus orpheus, Parapachydiscus cortinaensis, Parapachydiscus parahybensis, Parapachydiscus hera, Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) gardneri, Parapachydiscus gettyi, Parapachydiscus euzebioi, Parapachydiscus psyche, Parapachydiscus brasiliensis, Parapachydiscus albuquerquei, Parapachydiscus abbotti, Parapachydiscus stanislausensis, Parapachydiscus williamsoni, Parapachydiscus oceanus, Parapachydiscus endymion, Parapachydiscus poseidon, Parapachydiscus sumneri, Parapachydiscus reedsi, Parapachydiscus athena, Parapachydiscus perseus, Parapachydiscus henleyensis, Parapachydiscus eurydice

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 114.1

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Japan (1 collection), the Russian Federation (9), United States (4: California)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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