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Pachydiscus launayi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae

Taxonomy
Pachydiscus launayi was named by de Grossouvre (1894). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Voulgézac (Charente), Assise P1, which is in a Campanian carbonate carbonate in France.

It was recombined as Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) launayi by Kennedy (1986).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Pachydiscus launayi de Grossouvre p. 184 figs. Pl 19
1986Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) launayi Kennedy p. 38 figs. Pl 2, figs 1,2; pl 7, figs 6,7; pl 10, fig 15; pl 13, figs 2,3,6; text-figs 3C, 5B
2001Pachydiscus launayi Courville and Odin p. 535 figs. Pl 4, fig 33

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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
specieslaunayide Grossouvre 1894

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.

Pachydiscus launayi de Grossouvre 1894
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Diagnosis
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