Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Pachydiscus sacramenticus, Puzosigella sacramentica, Sonneratia sacramentica
Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1902. Cretaceous Deposits of the Pacific Coast. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 2(1):1-155
Belongs to Leconteites according to D. L. Jones et al. 1965
See also Anderson 1938 and Casey 1954
Sister taxa: Leconteites deansi, Leconteites lecontei, Leconteites modestus
Type specimen: UCMP 12100, a shell. Its type locality is CAS loc. 152, East branch of Hulen Creek, which is in an Albian marine horizon in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at CAS loc. 152, East branch of Hulen Creek
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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