Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Parent taxon: Perisphinctidae according to C. Salazar and W. Stinnesbeck 2016
See also Helmstaedt 1969, Mesezhnikov 1984, Sato and Yamada 2005 and Verma and Westermann 1973
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, Pseudoperisphinctinae, Pseudovirgatitinae, Sicilisphinctes, Siemiradzkia, Sivajiceratinae, Subgrossouvria, Tolvericeras, Vinalesphinctinae, Virgatitinae, Virgatopavlovia, Wagnericeras dietrichi, Zenostephanus, Zigzagiceratinae
Subtaxa: Anavirgatites Aulacosphinctoides Laugeites Metagravesia Nannostephanus Nothostephanus Pachysphinctes Paraberriasella Parapallasiceras Phanerostephanus Propectinatites Pseudinvoluticeras Pseudoinvoluticeras Subplanites Torquatisphinctes Virgatosphinctes Wheatleyites
Type: Virgatosphinctes
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Yemen (1 collection)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Argentina (1), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (1)
• Jurassic of Algeria (3), Antarctica (8), Argentina (8), Azerbaijan (1), Chile (6), China (4), Cuba (10), Ethiopia (2), Germany (18), Hungary (4), India (13), Iraq (1), Italy (5), Japan (1), Madagascar (21), Mexico (7), Nepal (1), New Zealand (3), Poland (1), Romania (4), the Russian Federation (19), Somalia (2), Spain (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (3), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: California), Yemen (11)
Total: 165 collections including 279 occurrences