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Anapachydiscus californicus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae

Taxonomy
Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) fascicostatum californica was named by Yabe (1921). Its type specimen is GIS. 6210 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Anapachydiscus californicus by Matsumoto (1959).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) fascicostatum californica Yabe p. 58 figs. pl. 8, fig 4; text-fig. 5
1959Anapachydiscus californicus Matsumoto p. 39 figs. Text-figs. 16a, b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyPachydiscidaeSpath 1922
genusAnapachydiscusSpath 1922
speciescalifornicus(Yabe 1921)

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Campanian or 83.50000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (California) Anapachydiscus californicus (224991)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) Anapachydiscus californicus (type locality: 207828 225928 225929)