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Neodesmoceras catarinae
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).
It was recombined as Pachydiscus (Neodesmoceras) catarinae by Matsumoto (1960); it was recombined as Neodesmoceras catarinae by Ward et al. (2012).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1935 | Parapachydiscus catarinae Anderson and Hanna p. 19 figs. Pl 1, fig 1; pl 2, fig 1; pl 3, figs 1-5 |
1960 | Pachydiscus (Neodesmoceras) catarinae Matsumoto |
2012 | Neodesmoceras catarinae Ward et al. |
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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.
†Neodesmoceras catarinae Anderson and Hanna 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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shell height | 1 | 216.0 | |||||
shell diameter | 1 | 503.0 | |||||
shell inflation | 1 | 74.0 |
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References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 |
Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Campanian | Mexico (Baja California) | Neodesmoceras catarinae (233831) | |
Maastrichtian | Mexico (Baja California) | Parapachydiscus catarinae (type locality: 158099) | |
Maastrichtian | USA (California) | Parapachydiscus catarinae (83774) | |
Early/Lower Maastrichtian | USA (California) | Parapachydiscus catarinae (83776 86821) | |
Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Mexico (Baja California) | Pachydiscus catarinae (86867) |