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Pachydiscoceras obesum

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Pseudotirolitidae

Taxonomy
Pachydiscoceras obesum was named by Zhao et al. (1978). Its type specimen is NIGP 14988 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lijiachong, Lindai, Bed 2, Qingzhen County, which is in a Changhsingian marine limestone in the Changxing Formation of China.

It was recombined as Pseudotirolites obesus by Leonova (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Pachydiscoceras obesum Zhao et al. p. 136 figs. Pl 22, figs 10-12; text-fig 85a
2002Pseudotirolites obesus Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderParaceltitinaShevyrev 1968
superfamilyXenodiscoidea(Frech 1902)
familyPseudotirolitidaeZhao 1965
genusPachydiscocerasZhao and Liang 1966
speciesobesum

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.

Pachydiscoceras obesum Zhao et al. 1978
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Diagnosis
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