Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Synonym: Phanerosphinctes Buckman 1921
Parent taxon: Perisphinctidae according to N. V. Besnosov and V. V. Mitta 1993
See also Arkell et al. 1957 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Albanesiceras, Ammonites heterostrophus, Aulacostephaninae, Bajocisphinctes, Choffatiasphinctes, Crussoliceras, Dorsoplanitinae, Euvirgalithacoceras, Franchia, Idoceratinae, Leptosphinctinae, Microbajocisphinctes, Mirosphinctes, Neuqueniceras, Organoceras, Orionoides, Oxysphinctes, Passendorferiinae, Perisphinctinae, Pictoniinae, Praebigotites, Procerites, Proplanulitinae, Prososphinctinae, Pseudogravesia, Pseudoperisphinctinae, Pseudovirgatitinae, Sicilisphinctes, Siemiradzkia, Sivajiceratinae, Subgrossouvria, Tolvericeras, Vinalesphinctinae, Virgatitinae, Virgatopavlovia, Virgatosphinctinae, Wagnericeras dietrichi, Zenostephanus, Zigzagiceratinae
Subtaxa: Prorsisphinctes (Prorsisphinctes)
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (1 collection), Chile (1), Germany (2), the Russian Federation (3), Turkmenistan (2), United States (1: Oregon)
Total: 10 collections including 11 occurrences
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