Pachydesmoceras
| Pachydesmoceras Temporal range: Cretaceous | |
|---|---|
| Pachydesmoceras sp., upper Cretaceous (Turonian), from Madagascar | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Family: | †Desmoceratidae |
| Subfamily: | †Puzosiinae |
| 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.