Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Synonyms: Ilowaiskya Vyalov 1940, Virgatosphinctoides Neaverson 1925, Virgatospinctoides Neaverson 1925
Parent taxon: Virgatosphinctinae according to R. Myczynski 1989
See also Arkell et al. 1957, Helmstaedt 1969 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anavirgatites, Aulacosphinctoides, Laugeites, Metagravesia, Nannostephanus, Nothostephanus, Pachysphinctes, Paraberriasella, Parapallasiceras, Phanerostephanus, Propectinatites, Pseudinvoluticeras, Pseudoinvoluticeras, Torquatisphinctes, Virgatosphinctes, Wheatleyites
Subtaxa: Subplanites contiguus Subplanites nepalensis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Algeria (3), Azerbaijan (1), Cuba (1), Germany (12), Hungary (4), Italy (2), Madagascar (2), Nepal (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (7), Somalia (2), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 38 collections including 57 occurrences
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