Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Parent taxon: Perisphinctidae according to M. S. Mesezhnikov 1984
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, 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), Argentina (1), 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: 35 collections including 38 occurrences