Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Himalayitidae
Alternative spelling: Perisphinctes (Aulacosphinctes)
Parent taxon: Himalayitidae according to C. Salazar and W. Stinnesbeck 2016
See also Helmstaedt 1969, Imlay and Jones 1970, Myczynski 1989 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ardesciella, Corongoceras, Dalmasiceratinae, Djurjuriceras, Durangites, Hegaratites, Hemispiticeras, Himalayites, Himalayitinae, Parodontoceras, Parrasiella, Riasanella, Tithopeltoceras, Toucasiella, Windhauseniceras
Subtaxa: Aulacosphinctes diabloensis Aulacosphinctes jenkinsi Aulacosphinctes proximus Perisphinctes (Aulacosphinctes) natricoides Perisphinctes (Aulacosphinctes) spitiensis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Chile (2 collections), Spain (1)
• Jurassic of Argentina (2), Chile (4), China (1), India (4), Italy (1), Madagascar (2), Peru (1), United States (3: California), Yemen (1)
Total: 22 collections including 34 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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