Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Alternative combination: Parapachydiscus rogeri
Full reference: P. Marshall. 1926. The Upper Cretaceous ammonites of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 56:129-210
Belongs to Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) according to R. A. Henderson 1970
See also Marshall 1926
Sister taxa: Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) arkansanus, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) australis, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) awajiensis, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) cayeuxi, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) complanatus, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) dossantosi, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) duelmensis, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) egertoni, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) gutierrezi, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) haldemsis, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) hazzardi, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) jacquoti, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) jeani, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) kamishakensis, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) neubergicus, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) noetlingi, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) oldhami, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) ootacodensis, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) paulsoni, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) ultimus, Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) yama
Type specimen: GNS CE.1020. Its type locality is N28/f626, Bull's Point, Kaipara Harbour, which is in a Piripauan/Haumurian marine horizon in the Otamatea Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at N28/f626, Bull's Point, Kaipara Harbour
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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