†Otosphinctes Buckman 1926 (ammonite)
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Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Alternative spellings: Dichotomosphinctes (Otosphinctes), Perisphinctes (Otosphinctes)
Parent taxon: Perisphinctinae according to G. Schairer and V. Schlampp 2003
See also Collignon 1959
Sister taxa: Alligaticeras, Ampthillia, Divisosphinctes, Neomorphoceras, Perisphinctes, Properisphinctes, Pseudarisphinctes, Simosphinctes, Subdiscosphinctes
Subtaxa: Otosphinctes paturattensis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (8 collections), Germany (1), Madagascar (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (6)
Total: 17 collections including 21 occurrences
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