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Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) neubergicus

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Pachydiscidae

Synonyms
  • Ammonites chrishna was named by Forbes (1846). Its type specimen is BMNH C51038, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pondicherry, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone/claystone in the Valudavur Formation of India.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) neubergicus by Kennedy and Henderson (1992).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Ammonites chrishna Forbes p. 103 figs. Pl 9, fig 2
1858Ammonites neubergicus Hauer p. 12 figs. pl. 2, figs. 1-3
1891Pachydiscus neubergicus Böhm p. 48
1986Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) neubergicus Kennedy p. 161
1986Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) neubergicus Kennedy and Summesberger p. 189
1987Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) neubergicus Kennedy and Summesberger p. 30
1992Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) neubergicus Kennedy and Henderson p. 420 figs. Pl10, figs 6-8; pl 11; text-fig 6A
1993Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) neubergicus Birkelund p. 47 figs. Pl 4, figs 1,2; pl 8, fig 1; pl 10, fig 1
1993Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) neubergicus Kennedy p. 103
1993Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) neubergicus Kennedy and Cobban p. 831
1993Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) neubergicus Ward and Kennedy p. 30 figs. 25.9, 25.10, 25.11, 25.12, 25.14, 25.16-25.18, 27.3-27.5, 27.7, 28.1-28.3, 30.4, 30.6
1995Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) neubergicus Kennedy p. 244 figs. Pl 1, figs 3-7
1995Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) neubergicus Kennedy and Bilotte p. 364
1999Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) neubergicus Kennedy p. 648 figs. 8.1-8.3
2000Pachydiscus neubergicus Arkadiev et al. p. 112 figs. Pl 14, figs 1,2
2001Pachydiscus neubergicus Courville and Odin p. 533 figs. Pl 6, figs 48-50
2007Pachydiscus neubergicus Landman et al. p. 57
2021Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) neubergicus Moneer et al. p. 3535 figs. 6B1, B2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyPachydiscidaeSpath 1922
genusPachydiscusZittel 1884
subgenusPachydiscusZittel 1884
speciesneubergicus(Hauer 1858)

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.

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Invalid names: Ammonites chrishna Forbes 1846 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height250.545.556.050.87.42
shell diameter2122.5115.5130.0122.810.3
shell inflation234.133.235.034.11.27

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 Maastrichtian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany Pachydiscus neubergicus (221859)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Germany Pachydiscus neubergicus (221911)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Denmark Pachydiscus neubergicus (67404 67405 67410 67411)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Pachydiscus neubergicus (83064)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Ukraine Pachydiscus neubergicus (183326)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Egypt Pachydiscus neubergicus (224160 224161)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Ukraine Pachydiscus neubergicus (183322)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Landes) Pachydiscus neubergicus (214124 214168 214207)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Oman Pachydiscus neubergicus (175469)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany Pachydiscus neubergicus (213668)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Austria Pachydiscus neubergicus (83619)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium Pachydiscus neubergicus (82892 82909)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Bulgaria Pachydiscus neubergicus (188088 188089 188090)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0India Ammonites chrishna (41428)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Oman Pachydiscus neubergicus (175468)