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Pachydiscoceras flexoplicatum

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Pseudotirolitidae

Taxonomy
Pachydiscoceras flexoplicatum was named by Zhao et al. (1978). Its type specimen is NIGP 14943 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lijiachong, Lindai, Bed 2, Qingzhen County, which is in a Changhsingian marine limestone in the Changxing Formation of China.

It was recombined as Pseudotirolites flexoplicatus by Leonova (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Pachydiscoceras flexoplicatum Zhao et al. p. 137 figs. Pl 21, figs 4-6; pl 22, figs 1-3; text-fig 86b
2002Pseudotirolites flexoplicatus Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderParaceltitinaShevyrev 1968
superfamilyXenodiscoidea(Frech 1902)
familyPseudotirolitidaeZhao 1965
genusPachydiscocerasZhao and Liang 1966
speciesflexoplicatum

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.

†Pachydiscoceras flexoplicatum Zhao et al. 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height215.615.515.815.70.212
shell diameter243.641.845.543.62.62
shell inflation215.614.117.215.62.19

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Changhsingian or 254.17000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guangxi) Pachydiscoceras flexoplicatum (210125)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Sichuan) Pachydiscoceras flexoplicatum (148463)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guizhou) Pachydiscoceras flexoplicatum (type locality: 98030)