Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Alternative spelling: Perisphinctes (Procerites)
Synonyms: Euprocerites Wetzel 1950, Gracilisphinctes, Parkinsonites Buckman 1922, Procerites (Gracilisphinctes) , Zigzagites Buckman 1922
Full reference: J. Siemiradzki. 1898. Monographische Beschreibung der Ammonitengattung Perisphinctes. Palaeontographica 45:69-296, 5 Pls
Parent taxon: Perisphinctidae according to M. R. Majidifard 2015
See also Arkell et al. 1957, Besnosov and Mitta 1993, Imlay 1953, Matsukawa et al. 2008, Sepkoski 2002 and ZatoĊ 2010
Sister taxa: Albanesiceras, Ammonites heterostrophus, Aulacostephaninae, Bajocisphinctes, Choffatiasphinctes, Crussoliceras, Dorsoplanitinae, Euvirgalithacoceras, Franchia, Idoceratinae, Leptosphinctinae, Microbajocisphinctes, Mirosphinctes, Neuqueniceras, Organoceras, Orionoides, Oxysphinctes, Passendorferiinae, Perisphinctinae, Pictoniinae, Praebigotites, Proplanulitinae, Prorsisphinctes, Prososphinctinae, Pseudogravesia, Pseudoperisphinctinae, Pseudovirgatitinae, Sicilisphinctes, Siemiradzkia, Sivajiceratinae, Subgrossouvria, Tolvericeras, Vinalesphinctinae, Virgatitinae, Virgatopavlovia, Virgatosphinctinae, Wagnericeras dietrichi, Zenostephanus, Zigzagiceratinae
Subtaxa: Gracilisphinctes (Gracilisphinctes) Gracilisphinctes (Prevalia) Gracilisphinctes andranomantsyensis Gracilisphinctes arkelli Gracilisphinctes lemoinei Procerites (Procerites) Procerites gallus Procerites hodsoni Procerites imitator Procerites irregularis Procerites laeviplex Procerites pseudoperspicuus Procerites pseudorjazanensis Procerites quercinus Procerites tmetolobus Procerites verciacensis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of China (1 collection), France (2), Germany (9), India (1), Iran (3), Madagascar (4), Poland (10), the Russian Federation (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Turkmenistan (1), United States (3: Alaska), Uzbekistan (29)
Total: 65 collections including 100 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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