†subfamily Perisphinctinae Steinmann 1890 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Parent taxon: Perisphinctidae according to T. Sato and T. Yamada 2014

See also Matsukawa et al. 2008, Parent 2006 and Schlegelmilch 1994

Sister taxa: Albanesiceras, Aulacostephaninae, Bajocisphinctes, Choffatiasphinctes, Crussoliceras, Dorsoplanitinae, Euvirgalithacoceras, Franchia, Idoceratinae, Leptosphinctinae, Microbajocisphinctes, Mirosphinctes, Neuqueniceras, Organoceras, Orionoides, Oxysphinctes, Passendorferiinae, Pictoniinae, Praebigotites, Procerites, Proplanulitinae, Prorsisphinctes, Prososphinctinae, Pseudogravesia, Pseudoperisphinctinae, Pseudovirgatitinae, Sicilisphinctes, Siemiradzkia, Sivajiceratinae, Subgrossouvria, Tolvericeras, Vinalesphinctinae, Virgatitinae, Virgatopavlovia, Virgatosphinctinae, Wagnericeras dietrichi, Zenostephanus, Zigzagiceratinae

Subtaxa: Alligaticeras Ampthillia Divisosphinctes Neomorphoceras Otosphinctes Perisphinctes Properisphinctes Pseudarisphinctes Simosphinctes Subdiscosphinctes

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Type: Perisphinctes

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (1 collection)

• Jurassic of Algeria (1), Antarctica (1), Argentina (17), Chile (12), Cuba (1), Egypt (2), Eritrea (3), Ethiopia (6), France (49), Germany (12), Hungary (1), India (7), Iran (3), Italy (7), Japan (5), Madagascar (33), Poland (2), Portugal (2), the Russian Federation (9), Saudi Arabia (13), Spain (20), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (6), Switzerland (2), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (11), United States (9: California), Yemen (3)

Total: 239 collections including 545 occurrences

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