PBDB Taxon

Basic info	Taxonomic history	Classification	Included Taxa
Morphology	Ecology and taphonomy	External Literature Search	Age range and collections

Patagiosites

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Pachydiscidae

Taxonomy

Patagiosites was named by Spath (1953) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp-u K Maes-l Sepkoski's reference number: 971]. Its type is Ammonites patagiosus.

It was assigned to Desmoceratinae by Jones (1963); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pachydiscidae by Matsumoto (1959), Morozumi (1985), Wright et al. (1996) and Niebuhr et al. (2016).

Species

P. alaskensis, P. amarus, P. arbucklensis (syn. Nowakites dobbinsi, Nowakites rumseyensis, Puzosia (Parapuzosia) arenaica, Eupachydiscus willgreeni, Puzosia (Holcodiscoides) gorrilli), P. laevis, P. patagiosus, P. stobaei

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1953	Patagiosites Spath p. 38
1959	Patagiosites Matsumoto p. 60
1963	Patagiosites Jones p. 45
1985	Patagiosites Morozumi p. 23
1996	Patagiosites Wright et al. p. 105
2002	Patagiosites Sepkoski
2016	Patagiosites Niebuhr et al. p. 211

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Coleoidea	Bather 1888
order	Ammonoida	(Haeckel 1866)
order	Ammonitida	Haeckel 1866
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Desmoceratoidea	(Zittel 1895)
family	Pachydiscidae	Spath 1922
genus	Patagiosites

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.

G. †Patagiosites Spath 1953

show all | hide all

†Patagiosites alaskensis Jones 1963

†Patagiosites amarus Paulcke 1907

†Patagiosites arbucklensis Anderson 1958

hide

Invalid names: Eupachydiscus willgreeni Anderson 1958 [synonym], Nowakites dobbinsi Anderson 1958 [synonym], Nowakites rumseyensis Anderson 1958 [synonym], Puzosia (Holcodiscoides) gorrilli Anderson 1958 [synonym], Puzosia (Parapuzosia) arenaica Anderson 1958 [synonym]

†Patagiosites laevis Morozumi 1985

†Patagiosites patagiosus Spath 1953

†Patagiosites stobaei Nilsson 1827

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	9	74.5	34.0	162.0	70.0	38.6
shell diameter	9	189.7	75.0	373.0	186.0	99.1
shell inflation	9	55.4	21.0	117.0	60.0	31.5

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Coniacian to the top of the Campanian or 89.80000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (23 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Coniacian	89.8 - 86.3	USA (California)	Eupachydiscus arbucklensis, Eupachydiscus willgreeni, Nowakites rumseyensis, Puzosia arenaica, Puzosia gorrilli, Nowakites dobbinsi (44235) Eupachydiscus arbucklensis, Nowakites dobbinsi (44236)
Coniacian - Santonian	89.8 - 83.6	Chile	Pachydiscus amarus (83695)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.1	USA (California)	P. arbucklensis (225015 225829)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.1	Antarctica	P. amarus (166099)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Germany	P. stobaei (83796)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Germany	P. stobaei (64187)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	USA (Alaska)	P. alaskensis (64020 64022 158238 158289 158290 158296 158310)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Germany (Niedersachsen)	P. stobaei (31993)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Belgium	Parapuzosia stobaei (82895)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Japan	P. laevis (176800) P. sp. (176798)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Germany	P. stobaei (126560)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Iran	P. stobaei (174520 174521)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian	83.5 - 66.0	USA (Alaska)	P. alaskensis (88823)