Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Alternative combinations: Ammonites peramplum, Neoptychites peramplus
Full reference: G. A. Mantell. 1822. The Fossils of the South Downs; or Illustrations of the Geology of Sussex 1-327
Belongs to Pachydiscus according to Stille 1904
See also Benzaggagh et al. 2017, Chancellor et al. 1994, Mantell 1822, Wilmsen and Nagm 2013, Wilmsen and Nagm 2014, Wondrejz et al. 2023, Wright and Kennedy 1984 and Young 1979
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 perfidus, Pachydiscus precolligatus, Pachydiscus riccardi, Pachydiscus stallauensis, Pachydiscus steinmanni, Pachydiscus subcompressus, Pachydiscus subrobustus, Parapachydiscus orpheus, Parapachydiscus brasiliensis, Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) woodringi, Parapachydiscus athena, Parapachydiscus californicus, Parapachydiscus perseus, Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) gardneri, Parapachydiscus poseidon, Parapachydiscus parahybensis, Parapachydiscus euzebioi, Parapachydiscus abbotti, Parapachydiscus arionis, Parapachydiscus diabloensis, Parapachydiscus henleyensis, Parapachydiscus endymion, Parapachydiscus hera, Parapachydiscus williamsoni, Parapachydiscus sumneri, Parapachydiscus albuquerquei, Parapachydiscus hermes, Parapachydiscus eurydice, Parapachydiscus gettyi, Parapachydiscus psyche, Parapachydiscus stanislausensis, Parapachydiscus oceanus, Parapachydiscus cortinaensis, Parapachydiscus bruneti, Parapachydiscus reedsi
Type specimen: MMG SaK , a shell
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Colline de Bernon, near Tresques, Unit 4 of Faraud (1934) (Cretaceous of France)
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