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Pachydiscus gollevillensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites gollevillensis was named by d'Orbigny (1847) [DISTRIBUTION: Maastrichtian; Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Parapachydiscus.

It was recombined as Parapachydiscus gollevillensis by Hyatt (1900); it was recombined as Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) gollevillensis by Kennedy (1986), Kennedy (1986), Ward and Kennedy (1993); it was recombined as Pachydiscus gollevillensis by Arkadiev et al. (2000).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Ammonites gollevillensis d'Orbigny p. 212
1900Parapachydiscus gollevillensis Hyatt p. 570
1986Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) gollevillensis Kennedy p. 28
1993Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) gollevillensis Ward and Kennedy p. 34 figs. 29.6, 31.1, 31.5, 32.1-32.3, 33
2000Pachydiscus gollevillensis Arkadiev et al. p. 112 figs. Pl 13, fig 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
genusPachydiscusZittel 1884
speciesgollevillensis(d'Orbigny 1847)

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 gollevillensis d'Orbigny 1847
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†Pachydiscus gollevillensis armenicus Atabekian and Akopian 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height149.5
shell diameter1112.7
shell inflation127.1

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

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Antarctica Pachydiscus gollevillensis (66730)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Pachydiscus gollevillensis (67004)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands Pachydiscus gollevillensis (82927)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France Pachydiscus gollevillensis (83648 83652)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Ukraine Pachydiscus gollevillensis (183324)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Australia (Western Australia) Pachydiscus gollevillensis (82389)