Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Parent taxon: Virgatosphinctinae according to R. Myczynski 1989
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anavirgatites, Aulacosphinctoides, Laugeites, Metagravesia, Nannostephanus, Nothostephanus, Paraberriasella, Parapallasiceras, Phanerostephanus, Propectinatites, Pseudinvoluticeras, Pseudoinvoluticeras, Subplanites, Torquatisphinctes, Virgatosphinctes, Wheatleyites
Subtaxa: Pachysphinctes (Virgatosphinctes) Pachysphinctes bathyplocus Pachysphinctes beyrichi Pachysphinctes major
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Antarctica (2 collections), Cuba (2), Germany (1), India (3), Madagascar (11), Yemen (8)
Total: 27 collections including 35 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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