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Neodesmoceras catarinae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae

Taxonomy
Parapachydiscus catarinae was named by Anderson and Hanna (1935). Its type specimen is CAS 1431.01, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS 1431, Catarina Landing, which is in a Maastrichtian marine siliciclastic in the Rosario Formation of Mexico.

It was recombined as Pachydiscus (Neodesmoceras) catarinae by Matsumoto (1960); it was recombined as Neodesmoceras catarinae by Ward et al. (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Pachydiscus mokitibense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Parapachydiscus catarinae Anderson and Hanna p. 19 figs. Pl 1, fig 1; pl 2, fig 1; pl 3, figs 1-5
1960Pachydiscus (Neodesmoceras) catarinae Matsumoto
2012Neodesmoceras catarinae Ward et al.

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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
genusNeodesmocerasZittel 1884
speciescatarinae()

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.

†Neodesmoceras catarinae Anderson and Hanna 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height1216.0
shell diameter1503.0
shell inflation174.0

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

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

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mexico (Baja California) Neodesmoceras catarinae (233831)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (California) Parapachydiscus catarinae (83776 86821)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mexico (Baja California) Pachydiscus catarinae (86867)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mexico (Baja California) Parapachydiscus catarinae (type locality: 158099)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (California) Parapachydiscus catarinae (83774)