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Menuites fresvillensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae

Taxonomy
Pachydiscus fresvillensis was named by Seunes (1890) [DISTRIBUTION: Maastrichtian; Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) fresvillensis by Henderson and McNamara (1985); it was recombined as Anapachydiscus fresvillensis by Kennedy (1986), Kennedy (1986), Ward and Kennedy (1993) and Birkelund (1993); it was recombined as Menuites fresvillensis by Kennedy and Hancock (1993), Kennedy (1999), Klinger et al. (2001), Salazar et al. (2010), Salazar et al. (2013) and Jagt et al. (2019).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Pachydiscus fresvillensis Seunes p. 3 figs. pl 2, fig. 1
1906Pachydiscus supremus Petho p. 88 figs. Pl 5, figs 1a,b
1985Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) fresvillensis Henderson and McNamara p. 78 figs. Pl 8, figs 3-6; pl 9, figs 1,2; text-figs 12b, 13a, 15b
1986Anapachydiscus fresvillensis Kennedy p. 42
1993Anapachydiscus fresvillensis Birkelund p. 49 figs. Pl 4, figs 3-6; pl 5; pl 6, figs 1-4; pl 7
1993Menuites fresvillensis Kennedy and Hancock p. 588 figs. Pl 3, figs 4,5,7; pl 4, figs 3,4,6; pl 5, figs 1-5; pl 6, figs 4,5; pl 7, figs 1-6
1993Anapachydiscus fresvillensis Ward and Kennedy p. 39 figs. 35.3, 35.5, 35.6, 36.1, 36.2, 37.1-37.6, 38.1-38.3, 40.8, 45.1
1999Menuites fresvillensis Kennedy p. 651 figs. 5.6, 5.7
2001Menuites fresvillensis Klinger et al. p. 283 figs. Pl 8, figs 1-3
2010Menuites fresvillensis Salazar et al. p. 214 figs. 30, 32c-d, 33a-b, 34a-b, 35a-b, 36-ab
2013Menuites fresvillensis Salazar et al. p. 33 fig. 6
2019Menuites fresvillensis Jagt et al. p. 590 figs. 3A-C

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyPachydiscidaeSpath 1922
genusMenuitesSpath 1922
speciesfresvillensis(Seunes 1890)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Menuites fresvillensis Seunes 1890
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Invalid names: Pachydiscus supremus Petho 1906 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1770.215.8235.079.260.3
shell diameter17136.332.0425.0147.0110.6
shell inflation1724.35.2088.023.521.8

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Australia (Western Australia) Pachydiscus fresvillensis (83845 83851 83852 83853 83854 83862 83863 157777 157778 157781 157788 157789)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands Anapachydiscus fresvillensis (82927)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0South Africa Menuites fresvillensis (166277)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France Anapachydiscus fresvillensis (83648 83652) Menuites fresvillensis (165599) Pachydiscus fresvillensis (165598)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Jordan Menuites fresvillensis (170239)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Chile Menuites fresvillensis (165499 165502 165511)