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Pachydiscus stallauensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Pachydiscidae

Taxonomy
Pachydiscus stallauensis was named by Imkeller (1901). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Parapachydiscus stallauensis by Riedel (1933).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. gollevilensis, P. japonicus, P. suciaensis, P. vaju

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Pachydiscus stallauensis Imkeller p. 57 figs. pl. 3, fig. 5
1933Parapachydiscus stallauensis Riedel p. 121 figs. Pl 25, figs 2,2b
1955Pachydiscus stallauensis Reyment p. 17 fig. 5b,c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyPachydiscidaeSpath 1922
genusPachydiscusZittel 1884
speciesstallauensisImkeller 1901

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 stallauensis Imkeller 1901
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Coniacian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 89.80000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Cameroon Parapachydiscus stallauensis (177976 209692)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Nigeria Pachydiscus stallauensis (82732)