Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Full reference: R. Dutta and S. Bardhan. 2016. Systematics, endemism and phylogeny of Indian proplanulitins (Ammonoidea) from the Bathonian–Callovian of Kutch, western India. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 135:23-56
Parent taxon: Perisphinctidae according to R. Dutta et al. 2017
See also Dutta and Bardhan 2016
Sister taxa: Albanesiceras, Ammonites heterostrophus, Aulacostephaninae, Bajocisphinctes, Choffatiasphinctes, Crussoliceras, Dorsoplanitinae, Euvirgalithacoceras, Franchia, Idoceratinae, Leptosphinctinae, Microbajocisphinctes, Mirosphinctes, Neuqueniceras, Organoceras, Orionoides, Oxysphinctes, Passendorferiinae, Perisphinctinae, Pictoniinae, Praebigotites, Procerites, Proplanulitinae, Prorsisphinctes, Prososphinctinae, Pseudogravesia, Pseudoperisphinctinae, Pseudovirgatitinae, Sicilisphinctes, Siemiradzkia, Subgrossouvria, Tolvericeras, Vinalesphinctinae, Virgatitinae, Virgatopavlovia, Virgatosphinctinae, Wagnericeras dietrichi, Zenostephanus, Zigzagiceratinae
Subtaxa: Kinkeliniceras Obtusicostites Sivajiceras
Type: Sivajiceras
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Madagascar (1 collection)
• Jurassic of India (15), Madagascar (37)
Total: 53 collections including 130 occurrences