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Pachydiscus patagonicus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae

Taxonomy
Pachydiscus patagonicus was named by Paulcke (1907) [DISTRIBUTION: Senonian; Patagonia.]. It is not a trace fossil.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Pachydiscus patagonicus Paulcke p. 232 figs. pl. 19, figs. 1, 1a

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyPachydiscidaeSpath 1922
genusPachydiscusZittel 1884
speciespatagonicus

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 patagonicus Paulcke 1907
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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 Santonian or 89.80000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Chile Pachydiscus patagonicus (83695)