Orthosphinctes Schindewolf 1925 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae

Synonym: Biplices

Parent taxon: Ataxioceratinae according to H. Parent 2006

See also Arkell et al. 1957, Parent et al. 2012, Schlegelmilch 1994 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Ataxioceras, Lithacosphinctes, Procraspedites, Schneidia, Virgataxioceras

Subtaxa: Orthosphinctes (Orthosphinctes) Orthosphinctes (Pseudorthosphinctes) Orthosphinctes ariniensis

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Algeria (5 collections), Argentina (1), France (17), Germany (3), Hungary (2), India (1), Iran (8), Italy (3), Madagascar (6), Mexico (4), Romania (5), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (11), Yemen (3)

Total: 71 collections including 123 occurrences

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