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 arionis, Parapachydiscus gettyi, Parapachydiscus orpheus, Parapachydiscus diabloensis, Parapachydiscus psyche, Parapachydiscus eurydice, Parapachydiscus henleyensis, Parapachydiscus endymion, Parapachydiscus sumneri, Parapachydiscus perseus, Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) woodringi, Parapachydiscus stanislausensis, Parapachydiscus reedsi, Parapachydiscus hera, Parapachydiscus parahybensis, Parapachydiscus abbotti, Parapachydiscus albuquerquei, Parapachydiscus poseidon, Parapachydiscus cortinaensis, Parapachydiscus bruneti, Parapachydiscus athena, Pachydiscus (Parapachydiscus) gardneri, Parapachydiscus californicus, Parapachydiscus hermes, Parapachydiscus williamsoni, Parapachydiscus euzebioi, Parapachydiscus oceanus, Parapachydiscus brasiliensis
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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