Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Parent taxon: Virgatosphinctinae according to R. Myczynski 1989
See also Helmstaedt 1969, Sepkoski 2002 and Verma and Westermann 1973
Sister taxa: Anavirgatites, Laugeites, Metagravesia, Nannostephanus, Nothostephanus, Pachysphinctes, Paraberriasella, Parapallasiceras, Phanerostephanus, Propectinatites, Pseudinvoluticeras, Pseudoinvoluticeras, Subplanites, Torquatisphinctes, Virgatosphinctes, Wheatleyites
Subtaxa: Aulacosphinctoides diversecostatus Aulacosphinctoides infundibulum Aulacosphinctoides lauri Aulacosphinctoides perrinsmithi Aulacosphinctoides potosinus Aulacosphinctoides radialecostatus Aulacosphinctoides subtorquatus Aulacosphinctoides tibetanus
Type: Aulacosphinctes infundibulus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Argentina (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (1), China (1), Cuba (5), India (3), Madagascar (4), Mexico (5), Nepal (1), New Zealand (3)
Total: 24 collections including 31 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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