Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Alternative combinations: Menuites peninsularis, Parapachydiscus peninsularis
Full reference: F. M. Anderson and G. D. Hanna. 1935. Cretaceous geology of Lower California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 23(1):1-34
Belongs to Anapachydiscus according to L. E. Saul 1979
See also Anderson 1958, Anderson and Hanna 1935 and Wright et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Menuites arrialoorensis, Menuites costatus, Menuites fresvillensis, Menuites gerardoi, Menuites menu, Menuites oralensis, Menuites portlocki, Menuites sanadai, Menuites soyaensis, Menuites wittekindi, Anapachydiscus fascicostatus, Anapachydiscus californicus, Anapachydiscus nelchinensis, Anapachydiscus terminus, Anapachydiscus subtililobatum
Type specimen: CAS 1431.07, a shell. Its type locality is CAS 1431, Catarina Landing, which is in a Maastrichtian marine siliciclastic in the Rosario Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 355.0
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (2 collections), United States (3: California)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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