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Pachyrisma (Pachymegalodon)
Taxonomy
Pachymegalodon was named by Gümbel (1862) [Sepkoski's age data: J Sine]. It is not extant.
It was corrected as Pachymegalodus by Krumbeck (1923); it was reranked as Pachyrisma (Pachymegalodon) by Cox et al. (1969).
It was assigned to Megalodontidae by Krumbeck (1923); to Pachyrisma by Cox et al. (1969); and to Hippuritoida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was corrected as Pachymegalodus by Krumbeck (1923); it was reranked as Pachyrisma (Pachymegalodon) by Cox et al. (1969).
It was assigned to Megalodontidae by Krumbeck (1923); to Pachyrisma by Cox et al. (1969); and to Hippuritoida by Sepkoski (2002).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1862 | Pachymegalodon Gümbel |
| 1923 | Pachymegalodus Krumbeck |
| 1969 | Pachyrisma (Pachymegalodon) Cox et al. |
| 2002 | Pachymegalodon Sepkoski |
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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.
Subg. †Pachyrisma (Pachymegalodon) Gümbel 1862
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†Pachymegalodus nimassicus Krumbeck 1923
†Pachymegalodus timorensis Wanner 1910
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available