Virgatosphinctes denseplicatus Waagen 1875 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Alternative combination: Perisphinctes denseplicatus

Full reference: W. Waagen. 1875. Jurassic fauna of Kutch, the Cephalopoda. Palaeontologia Indica, Series 9. Memoir 1(2-4):23-247

Belongs to Virgatosphinctes according to R. Myczynski 1989

Sister taxa: Virgatosphinctes communis, Virgatosphinctes cristobalensis, Virgatosphinctes fresnosensis, Virgatosphinctes kagbeniensis, Virgatosphinctes pinarensis, Virgatosphinctes sanchezi, Virgatosphinctes scythicus, Virgatosphinctes subtenuicostatus

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Antarctica (1 collection), China (1), Cuba (1), Madagascar (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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