Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Parent taxon: Gracilisphinctes according to N. V. Besnosov and V. V. Mitta 1993
Sister taxa: Procerites (Procerites), Procerites gallus, Procerites hodsoni, Procerites imitator, Procerites irregularis, Procerites laeviplex, Procerites pseudoperspicuus, Procerites pseudorjazanensis, Procerites quercinus, Procerites tmetolobus, Procerites verciacensis, Gracilisphinctes (Prevalia), Gracilisphinctes arkelli, Gracilisphinctes lemoinei, Gracilisphinctes andranomantsyensis
Subtaxa: Gracilisphinctes (Gracilisphinctes) densicordatus Gracilisphinctes (Gracilisphinctes) evolutus Gracilisphinctes (Gracilisphinctes) kysylalmensis Gracilisphinctes (Gracilisphinctes) magnificus Gracilisphinctes (Gracilisphinctes) paragracilis Gracilisphinctes (Gracilisphinctes) progracilis Gracilisphinctes (Gracilisphinctes) pseudoimitator Gracilisphinctes (Gracilisphinctes) suprapalatinus Gracilisphinctes (Gracilisphinctes) twinhoensis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (1 collection), Germany (1), Madagascar (2), Uzbekistan (21)
Total: 25 collections including 28 occurrences