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Pachydiscus epiplectus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites epiplectus was named by Redtenbacher (1873) [DISTRIBUTION: Maastrichtian; Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) epiplectus by Kennedy and Summesberger (1986), Ward and Kennedy (1993); it was recombined as Pachydiscus epiplectus by Arkadiev et al. (2000), Courville and Odin (2001).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Ammonites epiplectus Redtenbacher p. 121 figs. pl. 28, figs. 1a-c
1986Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) epiplectus Kennedy and Summesberger p. 192
1993Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) epiplectus Ward and Kennedy p. 38 figs. 28.4, 28.5, 30.5, 35.1, 35.2, 35.4, 40.4
2000Pachydiscus epiplectus Arkadiev et al. p. 111 figs. Pl 14, fig 3
2001Pachydiscus epiplectus Courville and Odin p. 534 figs. Pl 4, fig 29

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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
genusPachydiscusZittel 1884
speciesepiplectus(Redtenbacher 1873)

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 epiplectus Redtenbacher 1873
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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: Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Austria (Lower Austria) Pachydiscus epiplectus (226428)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Austria Pachydiscus epiplectus (83619)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France (Landes) Pachydiscus epiplectus (214117)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Ukraine Pachydiscus epiplectus (183325)