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Eupachydiscus teshioensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae

Taxonomy
Pachydiscus teshioensis was named by Jimbo (1874). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tsikapunnai (= Chikabunnai), a left tributary of the Abeshinai River, Saku area, which is in a Santonian/Campanian marine mudstone in the Upper Haborogawa Formation of Japan.

It was recombined as Eupachydiscus teshioensis by Matsumoto (1959).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Pachydiscus teshioensis Jimbo p. 30 figs. Pl., 3, figs. 1, 1a, 1b
1959Eupachydiscus teshioensis Matsumoto p. 31 figs. Pl.6,figs. 1a-c; Text-fig. 12

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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
genusEupachydiscusSpath 1922
speciesteshioensis(Jimbo 1874)

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
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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Santonian or 85.70000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6USA (California) Eupachydiscus teshioensis (224925 224935)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian89.8 - 83.6USA (California) Eupachydiscus teshioensis (224934 224940)
Santonian - Campanian85.7 - 72.2Japan (Teshio) Pachydiscus teshioensis (234037)