Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Alternative combination: Ammonites scythicus
Synonyms: Virgatites andesensis Douvillé 1910, Virgatites mexicanus Buckhardt 1906, Virgatosphinctes evolutus Leanza 1980, Virgatosphinctes lenaensis Corvalán 1959
Belongs to Virgatosphinctes according to C. Salazar and W. Stinnesbeck 2016
Sister taxa: Perisphinctes (Virgatosphinctes) broilii, Virgatosphinctes communis, Virgatosphinctes cristobalensis, Virgatosphinctes denseplicatus, Virgatosphinctes fresnosensis, Virgatosphinctes kagbeniensis, Virgatosphinctes pinarensis, Virgatosphinctes sanchezi, Virgatosphinctes subtenuicostatus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Chile (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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