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Pachydiscus epiplectus
Taxonomy
Ammonites epiplectus was named by Redtenbacher (1873) [DISTRIBUTION: Maastrichtian; Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.
It was recombined as Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) epiplectus by Kennedy and Summesberger (1986) and Ward and Kennedy (1993); it was recombined as Pachydiscus epiplectus by Arkadiev et al. (2000) and Courville and Odin (2001).
It was recombined as Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) epiplectus by Kennedy and Summesberger (1986) and Ward and Kennedy (1993); it was recombined as Pachydiscus epiplectus by Arkadiev et al. (2000) and Courville and Odin (2001).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1873 | Ammonites epiplectus Redtenbacher p. 121 figs. pl. 28, figs. 1a-c |
| 1986 | Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) epiplectus Kennedy and Summesberger p. 192 |
| 1993 | Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) epiplectus Ward and Kennedy p. 38 figs. 28.4, 28.5, 30.5, 35.1, 35.2, 35.4, 40.4 |
| 2000 | Pachydiscus epiplectus Arkadiev et al. p. 111 figs. Pl 14, fig 3 |
| 2001 | Pachydiscus epiplectus Courville and Odin p. 534 figs. Pl 4, fig 29 |
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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.
†Pachydiscus epiplectus Redtenbacher 1873
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available