Pachydiscus besairiei Basse 1930 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae

Belongs to Pachydiscus according to Basse 1930

Sister taxa: Pachydiscus (Neodesmoceras), Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus), Pachydiscus armenicus, 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 peramplus, Pachydiscus perfidus, Pachydiscus precolligatus, Pachydiscus riccardi, Pachydiscus stallauensis, Pachydiscus steinmanni, Pachydiscus subcompressus, Pachydiscus subrobustus, Parapachydiscus oceanus, Parapachydiscus albuquerquei, Parapachydiscus cortinaensis, Parapachydiscus endymion, Parapachydiscus williamsoni, Parapachydiscus gettyi, Parapachydiscus sumneri, Parapachydiscus diabloensis, Parapachydiscus hermes, Parapachydiscus arionis, Parapachydiscus bruneti, Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) gardneri, Parapachydiscus parahybensis, Parapachydiscus stanislausensis, Parapachydiscus brasiliensis, Parapachydiscus californicus, Parapachydiscus psyche, Parapachydiscus poseidon, Parapachydiscus orpheus, Parapachydiscus hera, Parapachydiscus euzebioi, Parapachydiscus perseus, Parapachydiscus eurydice, Parapachydiscus abbotti, Parapachydiscus reedsi, Parapachydiscus henleyensis, Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) woodringi, Parapachydiscus athena

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at AE 34. Mahatsinjo (Cretaceous of Madagascar)

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