Pachydesmoceras Temporal range: Cretaceous |
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Pachydesmoceras sp., upper Cretaceous (Turonian), from Madagascar | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
Genus: |
Pachydesmoceras Spath, 1922 |
Pachydesmoceras is a genus of ammonites belonging to the family Desmoceratidae.
Species of this genus were fast-moving nektonic carnivorous shelled cephalopods. They lived during the Cretaceous, from the Albian (112.0-99.6 Mya) to the Santonian (85.8-83.5 Mya) stage.
Cretaceous of Antarctica, Cameroon, India, Japan, Nigeria, Romania, United States (California).
Fossil of Pachydesmoceras pachydiscoide from Japan. Exhibit in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan.