Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Parent taxon: Virgatosphinctinae according to R. Myczynski 1989
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anavirgatites, Aulacosphinctoides, Laugeites, Metagravesia, Nannostephanus, Nothostephanus, Pachysphinctes, Paraberriasella, Parapallasiceras, Phanerostephanus, Propectinatites, Pseudinvoluticeras, Pseudoinvoluticeras, Subplanites, Virgatosphinctes, Wheatleyites
Subtaxa: Torquatisphinctes naifaensis Torquatisphinctes proximus Torquatisphinctes tenuistriatus Torquatisphinctes torquatus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Spain (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (2), Argentina (4), China (1), Cuba (1), Germany (4), India (2), Italy (2), Madagascar (14), Mexico (1), Romania (3), Yemen (2)
Total: 37 collections including 47 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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