Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Full reference: C. J. Maury. 1930. O Cretaceo da Parahyba do Norte. Serviço Geologico E Mineralogico do Brasil Monographia 8:1-305
Belongs to Parapachydiscus according to C. J. Maury 1930
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 steinmanni, Pachydiscus subcompressus, Pachydiscus subrobustus, Parapachydiscus diabloensis, Parapachydiscus orpheus, Parapachydiscus athena, Parapachydiscus abbotti, Parapachydiscus albuquerquei, Parapachydiscus psyche, Parapachydiscus bruneti, Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) gardneri, Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) woodringi, Parapachydiscus sumneri, Parapachydiscus eurydice, Parapachydiscus stanislausensis, Parapachydiscus poseidon, Parapachydiscus brasiliensis, Parapachydiscus perseus, Parapachydiscus californicus, Parapachydiscus hera, Parapachydiscus gettyi, Parapachydiscus parahybensis, Parapachydiscus euzebioi, Parapachydiscus cortinaensis, Parapachydiscus oceanus, Parapachydiscus williamsoni, Parapachydiscus reedsi, Parapachydiscus henleyensis, Parapachydiscus hermes, Parapachydiscus arionis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Right bank of Rio Gramame (Sphenodiscus zone), which is in a Maastrichtian/Maastrichtian carbonate limestone in the Gramame Formation of Brazil
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Right bank of Rio Gramame (Sphenodiscus zone)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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