Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Synonyms: Glyptosphinctes Buckman 1925, Kubanoceras Kakadze and Zesashvili 1956, Spathia Schindewolf 1925
Parent taxon: Leptosphinctinae according to A. Galacz 2012
See also Besnosov and Mitta 1993, Sandoval and Westermann 1986, Sepkoski 2002 and ZatoĊ 2010
Sister taxa: Lobosphinctes, Planisphinctes, Praeleptosphinctes, Stephanosphinctes, Vermisphinctes
Subtaxa: Leptosphinctes (Cleistosphinctes) Leptosphinctes (Leptosphinctes) Leptosphinctes schmiereri Leptosphinctes tabernai Leptosphinctes tenuiplicatus
Type: Leptosphinctes leptus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), Chile (2), Egypt (3), Hungary (6), Iran (1), Kenya (1), Mexico (3), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (6), Saudi Arabia (2), Spain (1), Turkmenistan (2), United States (1: Oregon)
Total: 30 collections including 50 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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