Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Synonym: Parapachydiscus bidwelli Anderson 1958
Belongs to Pachydiscus according to Whiteaves 1903
See also Anderson 1958
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 patagonicus, Pachydiscus peramplus, Pachydiscus perfidus, Pachydiscus precolligatus, Pachydiscus riccardi, Pachydiscus stallauensis, Pachydiscus steinmanni, Pachydiscus subcompressus, Pachydiscus subrobustus, Parapachydiscus euzebioi, Parapachydiscus oceanus, Parapachydiscus diabloensis, Parapachydiscus psyche, Parapachydiscus hera, Parapachydiscus endymion, Parapachydiscus parahybensis, Parapachydiscus albuquerquei, Parapachydiscus orpheus, Parapachydiscus brasiliensis, Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) gardneri, Parapachydiscus williamsoni, Parapachydiscus gettyi, Parapachydiscus californicus, Parapachydiscus perseus, Parapachydiscus athena, Parapachydiscus hermes, Parapachydiscus sumneri, Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) woodringi, Parapachydiscus henleyensis, Parapachydiscus reedsi, Parapachydiscus eurydice, Parapachydiscus bruneti, Parapachydiscus poseidon, Parapachydiscus abbotti, Parapachydiscus stanislausensis, Parapachydiscus arionis, Parapachydiscus cortinaensis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 150.0
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (3: California collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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