Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Full reference: M. S. Mesezhnikov. 1984. Kimeridzhskiy i Volzhskiy Yarusy Severa SSSR 1-224
Belongs to Virgatosphinctes according to M. S. Mesezhnikov 1984
Sister taxa: Perisphinctes (Virgatosphinctes) broilii, Virgatosphinctes communis, Virgatosphinctes cristobalensis, Virgatosphinctes denseplicatus, Virgatosphinctes fresnosensis, Virgatosphinctes kagbeniensis, Virgatosphinctes pinarensis, Virgatosphinctes sanchezi, Virgatosphinctes scythicus
Type specimen: TsNIGR 12/9564, a shell. Its type locality is Dyabakatara River, bed 25, Taimyr Peninsula, which is in a Tithonian marine siliciclastic in the Russian Federation.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the Russian Federation (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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