Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Parent taxon: Perisphinctidae according to D. Bert and A. Bonnot 2004
See also Bonnot and Gygi 1998, Schlegelmilch 1994 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Albanesiceras, Ammonites heterostrophus, Aulacostephaninae, Bajocisphinctes, Choffatiasphinctes, Crussoliceras, Dorsoplanitinae, Euvirgalithacoceras, Franchia, Idoceratinae, Leptosphinctinae, Microbajocisphinctes, Neuqueniceras, Organoceras, Orionoides, Oxysphinctes, Passendorferiinae, Perisphinctinae, Pictoniinae, Praebigotites, Procerites, Proplanulitinae, Prorsisphinctes, Prososphinctinae, Pseudogravesia, Pseudoperisphinctinae, Pseudovirgatitinae, Sicilisphinctes, Siemiradzkia, Sivajiceratinae, Subgrossouvria, Tolvericeras, Vinalesphinctinae, Virgatitinae, Virgatopavlovia, Virgatosphinctinae, Wagnericeras dietrichi, Zenostephanus, Zigzagiceratinae
Subtaxa: Mirosphinctes hiemeri Mirosphinctes niedzwiedzkii Mirosphinctes stockari
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (11 collections), Germany (2), Spain (1), Switzerland (4)
Total: 18 collections including 24 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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