Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Parent taxon: Perisphinctidae according to M. S. Mesezhnikov 1984
See also Arkell et al. 1957
Sister taxa: Albanesiceras, Ammonites heterostrophus, Aulacostephaninae, Bajocisphinctes, Choffatiasphinctes, Crussoliceras, 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, Zenostephanus, Zigzagiceratinae
Subtaxa: Acuticostites Biplicioceras Chetaites Dorsoplanites Epipallasiceras Epivirgatites Glaucolithites Glottoptychinites Kerberites Lomonossovella Paravirgatites Pavlovia Simotoichites Taimyrosphinctes Titanites
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (7 collections), the United Kingdom (1)
• Jurassic of Greenland (2), Madagascar (2), the Russian Federation (52), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (3), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 69 collections including 159 occurrences