Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Alternative spelling: Kranaosphinctes
Parent taxon: Perisphinctes according to T. Sato and T. Yamada 2014
See also Matsukawa et al. 2008, Parent 2006, Parent et al. 2006, Schlegelmilch 1994 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Kranaosphinctes (Pachyplanulites) Perisphinctes (Kranaosphinctes) berlieri Perisphinctes (Kranaosphinctes) gigantoplex Perisphinctes (Kranaosphinctes) irregularis Perisphinctes (Kranaosphinctes) matsushimai Perisphinctes (Kranaosphinctes) nerunaensis Perisphinctes (Kranaosphinctes) pagri Perisphinctes (Kranaosphinctes) promiscuus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (4 collections), France (6), Germany (1), India (2), Japan (2), Madagascar (11), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (4), Spain (3)
Total: 34 collections including 50 occurrences