Pachydesmoceras
# Pachydesmoceras

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.

## Distribution

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.
