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Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) complanatus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae

Taxonomy
Pachydiscus complanatus was named by Collignon (1952).

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

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Pachydiscus complanatus Collignon p. 77 figs. Pl 27, fig 1
1986Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) complanatus Kennedy p. 39 figs. Pl 6, figs 6-8

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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
subgenusPachydiscusZittel 1884
speciescomplanatus(Collignon 1952)

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
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height148.0
shell diameter1102.5
shell inflation122.5

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: Early/Lower Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6France Pachydiscus complanatus (165827)