Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Full reference: W. A. Cobban and W. J. Kennedy. 1993. The Upper Cretaceous dimorphic pachydiscid ammonite Menuites in the Western Interior of the United States. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1533:1-14
Belongs to Menuites according to W. A. Cobban and W. J. Kennedy 1993
Sister taxa: Menuites arrialoorensis, Menuites costatus, Menuites fresvillensis, Menuites gerardoi, Menuites menu, Menuites portlocki, Menuites sanadai, Menuites soyaensis, Menuites wittekindi, Anapachydiscus peninsularis, Anapachydiscus fascicostatus, Anapachydiscus terminus, Anapachydiscus californicus, Anapachydiscus nelchinensis, Anapachydiscus subtililobatum
Type specimen: USNM 456671. Its type locality is USGS D1411. Cheyenne River bluff, which is in a Campanian offshore shale/limestone in the Pierre Shale Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at USGS D1411. Cheyenne River bluff
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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