Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Parent taxon: Perisphinctidae according to T. P. Poulton and R. L. Hall 2019
See also Arkell et al. 1957, Parent 2006 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, Procerites, Proplanulitinae, Prorsisphinctes, Prososphinctinae, Pseudogravesia, Pseudovirgatitinae, Sicilisphinctes, Siemiradzkia, Sivajiceratinae, Subgrossouvria, Tolvericeras, Vinalesphinctinae, Virgatitinae, Virgatopavlovia, Virgatosphinctinae, Wagnericeras dietrichi, Zenostephanus, Zigzagiceratinae
Subtaxa: Berbericeras Binatisphinctes Choffatia Flabellisphinctes Homoeoplanulites Indosphinctes Klematosphinctes Poculisphinctes Prososphinctoides Pseudopeltoceras Pseudoperisphinctes
Type: Pseudoperisphinctes
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (20 collections), Canada (6: British Columbia), Chile (6), China (1), France (28), Germany (16), Honduras (1), India (7), Iran (4), Italy (1), Madagascar (47), Poland (10), Saudi Arabia (2), Spain (2), Switzerland (7), Turkmenistan (1), United States (2: Alaska, California), Uzbekistan (7)
Total: 168 collections including 319 occurrences