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, Ammonites heterostrophus, 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
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 (6), 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: 243 collections including 553 occurrences