Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Full reference: H. Helmstaedt. 1969. Eine Ammoniten-Fauna aus den Spiti-Schiefern von Muktinath in Nepal. Zitteliana 1:63-88
Belongs to Virgatosphinctes according to H. Helmstaedt 1969
Sister taxa: Perisphinctes (Virgatosphinctes) broilii, Virgatosphinctes communis, Virgatosphinctes cristobalensis, Virgatosphinctes denseplicatus, Virgatosphinctes fresnosensis, Virgatosphinctes pinarensis, Virgatosphinctes sanchezi, Virgatosphinctes scythicus, Virgatosphinctes subtenuicostatus
Type specimen: BSPG 1962 XXI 178, a shell
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 210.0
Distribution: found only at Muktinath, nördlich des Annapuma-Massivs (Jurassic of Nepal)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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