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: Perisphinctes (Virgatosphinctes) broilii, 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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