Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Parent taxon: Perisphinctidae according to M. S. Mesezhnikov 1984
Sister taxa: Albanesiceras, 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, Sicilisphinctes, Siemiradzkia, Sivajiceratinae, Subgrossouvria, Tolvericeras, Vinalesphinctinae, Virgatitinae, Virgatopavlovia, Virgatosphinctinae, Wagnericeras dietrichi, Zenostephanus, Zigzagiceratinae
Subtaxa: Pectinatites Subdichotomoceras
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1 collection)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Spain (1)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (3), Germany (1), Hungary (1), Italy (2), Mexico (10), the Russian Federation (5), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), Tanzania (4), United States (3: California), Yemen (1)
Total: 34 collections including 37 occurrences