Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Alternative combinations: Ammonites epiplectus, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) epiplectus
Belongs to Pachydiscus according to P. Courville and G. S. Odin 2001
See also Arkadiev et al. 2000, Kennedy and Summesberger 1986 and Ward and Kennedy 1993
Sister taxa: Pachydiscus (Neodesmoceras), Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus), Pachydiscus armenicus, Pachydiscus besairiei, Pachydiscus binodatus, Pachydiscus buckhami, Pachydiscus colligatus, 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 subcompressus, Pachydiscus subrobustus, Parapachydiscus sumneri, Parapachydiscus oceanus, Parapachydiscus orpheus, Parapachydiscus euzebioi, Parapachydiscus diabloensis, Parapachydiscus cortinaensis, Parapachydiscus reedsi, Parapachydiscus hera, Parapachydiscus albuquerquei, Parapachydiscus endymion, Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) gardneri, Parapachydiscus californicus, Parapachydiscus brasiliensis, Parapachydiscus abbotti, Parapachydiscus gettyi, Parapachydiscus bruneti, Parapachydiscus stanislausensis, Parapachydiscus perseus, Parapachydiscus poseidon, Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) woodringi, Parapachydiscus psyche, Parapachydiscus henleyensis, Parapachydiscus eurydice, Parapachydiscus arionis, Parapachydiscus hermes, Parapachydiscus parahybensis, Parapachydiscus athena, Parapachydiscus williamsoni
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (2 collections), France (1), Ukraine (1)
Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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