Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Full reference: D. L. Jones. 1963. Upper Cretaceous (Campanian and Maestrichtian) ammonites from southern Alaska. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 432:1-53
Belongs to Patagiosites according to D. L. Jones 1963
Sister taxa: Patagiosites amarus, Patagiosites arbucklensis, Patagiosites laevis, Patagiosites patagiosus, Patagiosites stobaei
Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS M560, Caribou Creek, which is in a Campanian marine siliciclastic in the Matanuska Formation of Alaska
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 251.8
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (8: Alaska collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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