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Pachydiscus subcompressus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae

Taxonomy
Pachydiscus subcompressus was named by Matsumoto (1954). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) subcompressus by Morozumi (1985).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Pachydiscus subcompressus Matsumoto p. 287 figs. Pl 10, figs 4,5
1958Joaquinites fascicostatum Anderson p. 219 figs. Pl 9, figs 3,3a,4
1959Pachydiscus subcompressus Matsumoto p. 46 figs. Text-fig. 21
1985Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) subcompressus Morozumi p. 21 figs. Pl 5, fig 1; pl 7, fig 1; text-fig 5
2023Pachydiscus subcompressus Shigeta and Maeda p. 293 figs. 8F, 21-23

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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
genusPachydiscusZittel 1884
speciessubcompressusMatsumoto 1954

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.

Pachydiscus subcompressus Matsumoto 1954
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Invalid names: Joaquinites fascicostatus Anderson 1958 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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