Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Parent taxon: Virgatosphinctinae according to T. Sato and T. Yamada 2005
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Zeiss et al. 1994
Sister taxa: Anavirgatites, Aulacosphinctoides, Laugeites, Metagravesia, Nannostephanus, Nothostephanus, Pachysphinctes, Paraberriasella, Phanerostephanus, Propectinatites, Pseudinvoluticeras, Pseudoinvoluticeras, Subplanites, Torquatisphinctes, Virgatosphinctes, Wheatleyites
Subtaxa: Parapallasiceras pseudocontiguum Parapallasiceras toucasi
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Spain (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Argentina (4), Germany (5), Italy (3), Japan (1)
Total: 14 collections including 27 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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