Pachydiscus excelsus Matsumoto 1979 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae

Belongs to Pachydiscus according to Y. Shigeta 2016

Sister taxa: Pachydiscus (Neodesmoceras), Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus), Pachydiscus armenicus, Pachydiscus besairiei, Pachydiscus binodatus, Pachydiscus buckhami, Pachydiscus colligatus, Pachydiscus epiplectus, 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 subcompressus, Pachydiscus subrobustus, Parapachydiscus perseus, Parapachydiscus endymion, Parapachydiscus diabloensis, Parapachydiscus hermes, Parapachydiscus poseidon, Parapachydiscus brasiliensis, Parapachydiscus abbotti, Parapachydiscus reedsi, Parapachydiscus gettyi, Parapachydiscus bruneti, Parapachydiscus eurydice, Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) gardneri, Parapachydiscus arionis, Parapachydiscus californicus, Parapachydiscus orpheus, Parapachydiscus oceanus, Parapachydiscus williamsoni, Parapachydiscus parahybensis, Parapachydiscus hera, Parapachydiscus cortinaensis, Parapachydiscus stanislausensis, Parapachydiscus psyche, Parapachydiscus sumneri, Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) woodringi, Parapachydiscus henleyensis, Parapachydiscus euzebioi, Parapachydiscus albuquerquei, Parapachydiscus athena

Type specimen: GK.H5895, a shell

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Locality 15, Urakawa (Cretaceous of Japan)

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