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Pachydiscus (Neodesmoceras) princeps

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae

Taxonomy
Parapachydiscus princeps was named by Anderson (1958). Its type specimen is UCMP 14867, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP A-3100 - Santa Catarina Landing [Rosario Fm], which is in a Maastrichtian coastal siliciclastic in the Rosario Formation of Mexico.

It was recombined as Pachydiscus (Neodesmoceras) princeps by Matsumoto (1960).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Parapachydiscus princeps Anderson p. 225 figs. Pl 66, fig 1
1960Pachydiscus (Neodesmoceras) princeps Matsumoto

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyPachydiscidaeSpath 1922
genusPachydiscusZittel 1884
subgenusNeodesmocerasMatsumoto 1947
speciesprinceps()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
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