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Pachydiscus colligatus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites colligatus was named by Binkhorst (1861) [DISTRIBUTION: Maastrichtian; Europe.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Parapachydiscus colligatus by Böse (1928); it was recombined as Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) colligatus by Kennedy (1986), Kennedy (1986); it was recombined as Pachydiscus colligatus by Courville and Odin (2001).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Ammonites colligatus Binkhorst p. 25
1894Pachydiscus vandenbroecki de Grossouvre p. 207
1928Parapachydiscus colligatus Böse p. 305
1986Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) colligatus Kennedy p. 36 figs. 13, 14
2001Pachydiscus colligatus Courville and Odin p. 535 figs. Pl 3, figs 22-24

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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
speciescolligatus(Binkhorst 1861)

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 colligatus Binkhorst 1861
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Invalid names: Pachydiscus vandenbroecki de Grossouvre 1894 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height180.4
shell diameter1172.0
shell inflation140.0

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 (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Landes) Pachydiscus colligatus (213788 213789 213824 214026)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France Pachydiscus colligatus (165823 165824)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Romania Pachydiscus colligatus (155181)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Bulgaria Pachydiscus colligatus (188089)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza) Parapachydiscus colligatus (88248)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Pachydiscus colligatus (67004)