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Pachydiscidae โœ

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Description

Pachydiscidae is a family of middle and upper Cretaceous ammonites in the superfamily Desmoceratoidea.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4626560https://www.gbif.org/species/4626560
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)82577https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=82577
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Pachydiscidae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Pachydiscidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea
orderAmmonitidaHyatt 1889
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea
familyPachydiscidaeSpath 1922
Scientific NamePachydiscidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Pachydiscidaefamilybelongs to Desmocerataceaestated with evidenceHenderson, 1970
Pachydiscidaefamilybelongs to Desmocerataceaestated without evidenceMatsumoto, 1984
Pachydiscidaefamilybelongs to Desmocerataceaestated with evidenceKennedy and Christensen, 1991
Pachydiscidaefamilybelongs to Desmoceratoideastated without evidenceKennedy et al., 2007
Pachydiscidaefamilybelongs to Desmocerataceaestated with evidenceIfrim et al., 2015
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)163
First Recorded Appearance105 - 100 Ma
Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance70.6 - 61.7 Ma
Phanerozoic
Motilityfast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ammonoidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Ammonoidea)
Primary Reference (PBDB)S. Toshimitsu and H. Hirano. 2000. Database of the Cretaceous ammonoids in Japan - stratigraphic distribution andbibliography. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Japan 51(11):559-613
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachydiscidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
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Baskaniceras โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
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Canadoceras โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
4389.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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Chimbuites โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
6101 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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Eopachydiscus โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2105 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
105 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
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Eupachydiscus โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
5389.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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Hoepenites โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
186.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
86.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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Lewesiceras โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
31101 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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Menabonites โœ
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
189.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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Menuites โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
10186.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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Nowakites โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
4689.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
85.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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Pachydiscoides โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
189.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
89.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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Pachydiscus โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
38793.9 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Parapachydiscus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Patagiosites โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1889.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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Pseudojacobites โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
393.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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Teshioites โœ
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
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Tongoboryceras โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1499.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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Tuberodiscoides โœ
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
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Urakawites โœ
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
183.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
83.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1922Pachydiscidae Spath
1970Pachydiscidae Henderson p. 60
1979Pachydiscidae Summesberger p. 136
1984Pachydiscidae Kennedy p. 32
1984Pachydiscidae Matsumoto p. 13
1984Pachydiscidae Wright and Kennedy p. 62
1991Pachydiscidae Kennedy and Christensen p. 210
1992Pachydiscidae Cobban and Kennedy p. 68
1992Pachydiscidae Kennedy et al. p. 270
1993Pachydiscidae Kennedy p. 103
1993Pachydiscidae Kennedy and Cobban p. 831
1993Pachydiscidae Ward and Kennedy p. 30
1995Pachydiscidae Kennedy p. 243
1995Pachydiscidae Kennedy and Bilotte p. 364
YearName and Author
1996Pachydiscidae Kennedy and Cobban p. 799
1997Pachydiscidae Kennedy and Cobban p. 63
1999Pachydiscidae Kennedy p. 648
2000Pachydiscidae Arkadiev et al. p. 109
2007Pachydiscidae Kennedy et al. p. 517
2007Pachydiscidae Landman et al. p. 55
2015Pachydiscidae Ifrim et al. p. 234
2015Pachydiscidae Kennedy and Gale p. 513
2016Pachydiscidae Niebuhr et al. p. 211
2016Pachydiscidae Shigeta p. 339
2017Pachydiscidae Benzaggagh et al. p. 117
2018Pachydiscidae Kennedy p. 676
2018Pachydiscidae Shigeta and Izukura p. 18

References

Toshimitsu S., Hirano H. (2000) Database of the Cretaceous ammonoids in Japan - stratigraphic distribution andbibliography, Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Japan 51 11, 559-613
Henderson R. A. (1970) Ammonoidea from the Mata Series (Santonian-Maastrichtian) of New Zealand, Special Papers in Palaeontology 6, 1-82
Summesberger H. (1979) Eine obersantone Ammonitenfauna aus dem Becken von Gosau (Oberรถsterreich), Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 82, 109-176
Kennedy W. J. (1984) Systematic palaeontology and stratigraphic distribution of the ammonite faunas of the French Coniacian, Special Papers in Palaeontology 31, 1-160
Matsumoto T. (1984) Part I. Ammonites from the Upper Campanian of the Teshio Mountains, Palaeontological Society of Japan Special Papers 27, 5-32
Wright C. W., Kennedy W. J. (1984) The Ammonoidea of the Lower Chalk, Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society, 1-126
Kennedy W. J., Christensen W. K. (1991) Coniacian and Santonian ammonites from Bornholm, Denmark, Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 38, 203-226
Cobban W. A., Kennedy W. J. (1992) Campanian Trachyscaphites spiniger ammonite fauna in north-east Texas, Palaeontology 35 1, 63-93
Kennedy W. J., Hansotte M., et al (1992) Ammonites and nannofossils from the Campanian of Nalzen (Ariรฉge, France), Geobios 25 2, 263-278
Kennedy W. J. (1993) Campanian and Maastrichtian ammonites from the Mons Basin and adajcent areas (Belgium), Bulletin de L'Institute Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 63, 99-131
Kennedy W. J., Cobban W. A. (1993) Lower Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) ammonites from the Merchantville Formation of New Jersey, Maryland, and Delaware, Journal of Paleontology 67 5, 828-849
Ward P. D., Kennedy W. J. (1993) Maastrichtian ammonites from the Biscay region (France, Spain), The Paleontological Society Memoir 34, 1-58
Kennedy W. J. (1995) Maastrichtian ammonites from the United Arab Emirates-Oman border region, Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, Geology Series 51, 241-250
Kennedy W. J., Bilotte M. (1995) A new ammonite fauna from the sub-Pyrenean Campanian (Upper Cretaceous), Geobios 28 3, 359-370
Kennedy W. J., Cobban W.A. (1996) Maastrichtian ammonites from the Hornerstown Formation in New Jersey, Journal of Paleontology 70 5, 798-805
Kennedy W. J., Cobban W.A (1997) Upper Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) ammonites from the Marshalltown Formation-Mount Laurel boundary beds in Delaware, Journal of Paleontology 71 1, 62-73
Kennedy W. J. (1999) Systematic paleontology, in Maastrichtian ammonites from Balochistan, Pakistan, Journal of Paleontology 73, 641-662
Arkadiev V. V., Atabekian A. A., et al (2000) Stratigraphy and ammonites of Cretaceous deposits of south-west Crimea, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 255, 85-128
Kennedy W. J., Crame J. A., et al (2007) Coniacian ammonites from James Ross Island, Antarctica, Cretaceous Research 28 509, 531
Landman N. H., Johnson R. O., et al (2007) Cephalopods from the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary interval on the Atlantic Coastal Plain. with a description of the highest ammonite zones in North America. Part III. Manasquan River Basin, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 303, 1-122
Ifrim C., Stinnesbeck W., et al (2015) Upper Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) cephalopods from the Parras Shale near Saucedas, Coahuila, Mexico, Journal of South American Earth Sciences 64, 229-257
Kennedy W. J., Gale A. S. (2015) Late Turonian ammonites from Haute-Normandie, France, Acta Geologica Polonica 65, 507-524
Niebuhr B., Taherpour Khalil Abad M., et al (2016) First record of late Campanian ammonites from the Abderaz Formation of the Koppeh Dagh, northeastern Iran, Cretaceous Research 58, 202-222
Shigeta Y. (2016) Paleontological description, in Middle and late Campanian (Late Cretaceous) ammonoids from the Urakawa area, Hokkaido, northern Japan, Paleontological Research 20, 322-366
Benzaggagh M., Oumhamed M., et al (2017) Turonian cephalopods (ammonoids and a nautiloid) from the Wadi Daya Formation of the Talerzha Basin (South Riffian Ridges Domain, northern Morocco), Cretaceous Research 74, 109-119
Kennedy W. J. (2018) Systematic palaeontology - ammonites, in Inoceramids and associated ammonite faunas from the uppermost Turonian-lower Coniacian (Upper Cretaceous) of the Anaipadiโ€“Saradamangalam region of the Cauvery Basin, south-east India, Acta Geologica Polonica 68, 663-687
Shigeta Y., Izukura M. (2018) Discovery of the middle Campanian (Late Cretaceous) "Soya Fauna" ammonoids in the Hidaka area, Hokkaido, Japan, The Bulletin of the Hobetsu Museum 33, 11-25
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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