Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Full reference: N. V. Besnosov. 1993. Taxonomic names. Pozdnebayosskie i Batskie Ammonitidy Severnogo Kavkaza i Sredney Azii 1-347
Belongs to Gracilisphinctes (Gracilisphinctes) according to N. V. Besnosov 1993
Sister taxa: Gracilisphinctes (Gracilisphinctes) densicordatus, Gracilisphinctes (Gracilisphinctes) evolutus, Gracilisphinctes (Gracilisphinctes) kysylalmensis, Gracilisphinctes (Gracilisphinctes) magnificus, Gracilisphinctes (Gracilisphinctes) paragracilis, Gracilisphinctes (Gracilisphinctes) progracilis, Gracilisphinctes (Gracilisphinctes) suprapalatinus, Gracilisphinctes (Gracilisphinctes) twinhoensis
Type specimen: VNIGRI 115/1235. Its type locality is Kyzylalma, Kugitangtau range (near the top of the Tangiduval Fm), which is in a Bathonian marine horizon in the Tangiduval Formation of Uzbekistan.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Uzbekistan (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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