Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Full reference: R. A. Henderson. 1970. Ammonoidea from the Mata Series (Santonian-Maastrichtian) of New Zealand. Special Papers in Palaeontology 6:1-82
Belongs to Eupachydiscus according to R. A. Henderson 1970
Sister taxa: Eupachydiscus grossouvrei, Eupachydiscus haradai, Eupachydiscus isculensis, Eupachydiscus lamberti, Eupachydiscus macoveii, Eupachydiscus pseudogrossouvrei, Eupachydiscus sayni, Eupachydiscus suciensis, Eupachydiscus teshioensis
Type specimen: AMT.1302, a shell. Its type locality is W22/f8555, Waimarama Beach, which is in a Haumurian marine horizon in New Zealand.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at W22/f8555, Waimarama Beach
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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