Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Invalid subtaxa: Aulacostephanus (Xenostephanus) Arkell and Callomon 1963 [replaced name], Xenostephanus Arkell and Callomon 1963 [replaced name], Zonovia (Xenostephanus) Arkell and Callomon 1963 [replaced name]
Full reference: J. H. Callomon, S. K. Donovan, and L. W. Van Den Hoek Ostende. 2009. Zenostephanus, a new name for the genus Xenostephanus Arkell and Callomon, 1963 (Mollusca, Cephalopoda), preoccupied by Xenostephanus Simpson, Minoprio and Patterson, 1962 (Mammalia). Palaeontology 52:671-672
Parent taxon: Perisphinctidae according to J. H. Callomon et al. 2009
See also Mesezhnikov 1984 and Sepkoski 2002
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, Virgatosphinctinae, Wagnericeras dietrichi, Zigzagiceratinae
Subtaxa: Zenostephanus ranbyensis Zonovia (Xenostephanus) sachsi Zonovia (Xenostephanus) subquadrata
Type: Aulacostephanus (Xenostephanus) ranbyensis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the Russian Federation (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections including 5 occurrences
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