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Pachydiscoides janeti

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae

Taxonomy
Sonneratia janeti was named by de Grossouvre (1894). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.R51860, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Carrières de la Ribochère, Couture (Le Mesle collection), which is in a Coniacian carbonate grainstone in the Craie de Villedieu Formation of France. It is the type species of Pachydiscoides.

It was recombined as Pachydiscoides janeti by Kennedy (1984).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Sonneratia janeti de Grossouvre p. 145 figs. Pl 22, fig 4
1984Pachydiscoides janeti Kennedy p. 37 figs. Pl 13, figs 1-4

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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
genusPachydiscoides
speciesjaneti(de Grossouvre 1894)

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.

Pachydiscoides janeti de Grossouvre 1894
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height120.3
shell diameter143.2
shell inflation112.8

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: Coniacian or 89.80000 to 85.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7France Sonneratia janeti (178946)