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Parapachydiscus cortinaensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae

Taxonomy
Parapachydiscus cortinaensis was named by Anderson (1958). Its type specimen is CAS 25730.05, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS Loc. 25730 - Sand Creek [Forbes Shale], which is in a Coniacian marine shale in the Forbes Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Parapachydiscus cortinaensis Anderson p. 226 figs. Pl 45, figs 2,2a

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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
genusParapachydiscusZittel 1884
speciescortinaensis

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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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 2003, Kiessling 2004
Collections
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