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

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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