Pachydiscus steinmanni Paulcke 1907 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae

Full reference: W. J. Paulcke. 1907. Die Cephalopoden der oberen Kreide Südpatagoniens. Berichte der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Freiburg im Breisgau 15:1-82

Belongs to Pachydiscus according to Paulcke 1907

Sister taxa: Pachydiscus (Neodesmoceras), Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus), Pachydiscus armenicus, Pachydiscus besairiei, Pachydiscus binodatus, Pachydiscus buckhami, Pachydiscus colligatus, Pachydiscus epiplectus, Pachydiscus excelsus, Pachydiscus flexuosus, Pachydiscus gollevillensis, Pachydiscus hauthali, Pachydiscus launayi, Pachydiscus levyi, Pachydiscus naumanni, Pachydiscus neevesi, Pachydiscus patagonicus, Pachydiscus peramplus, Pachydiscus perfidus, Pachydiscus precolligatus, Pachydiscus riccardi, Pachydiscus stallauensis, Pachydiscus subcompressus, Pachydiscus subrobustus, Parapachydiscus albuquerquei, Parapachydiscus diabloensis, Parapachydiscus abbotti, Parapachydiscus poseidon, Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) gardneri, Parapachydiscus perseus, Parapachydiscus eurydice, Parapachydiscus williamsoni, Parapachydiscus gettyi, Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) woodringi, Parapachydiscus endymion, Parapachydiscus psyche, Parapachydiscus brasiliensis, Parapachydiscus oceanus, Parapachydiscus henleyensis, Parapachydiscus sumneri, Parapachydiscus hera, Parapachydiscus parahybensis, Parapachydiscus reedsi, Parapachydiscus arionis, Parapachydiscus athena, Parapachydiscus californicus, Parapachydiscus bruneti, Parapachydiscus cortinaensis, Parapachydiscus hermes, Parapachydiscus euzebioi, Parapachydiscus stanislausensis, Parapachydiscus orpheus

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Laguna Amarga (Cretaceous of Chile)

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