Neodesmoceras catarinae Anderson and Hanna 1935

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae

Alternative combinations: Pachydiscus (Neodesmoceras) catarinae, Parapachydiscus catarinae

Full reference: F. M. Anderson and G. D. Hanna. 1935. Cretaceous geology of Lower California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 23(1):1-34

Belongs to Neodesmoceras according to P. D. Ward et al. 2012

See also Anderson and Hanna 1935 and Matsumoto 1960

Sister taxa: Pachydiscus (Neodesmoceras) mokotibensis, Pachydiscus (Neodesmoceras) obsoletiformis, Pachydiscus (Neodesmoceras) princeps, Pachydiscus (Neodesmoceras) soma

Type specimen: CAS 1431.01, a shell. Its type locality is CAS 1431, Catarina Landing, which is in a Maastrichtian marine siliciclastic in the Rosario Formation of Mexico.

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 503.0

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Mexico (3 collections), United States (3: California)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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