Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Alternative spelling: Arisphinctes
Parent taxon: Perisphinctes according to W. Brochwicz-Lewinski 1973
See also Pandey et al. 2012 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) chloroolithicus Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) colei Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) cotovuiformis Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) kachchhensis Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) kantkotensis Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) kheraensis Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) polymorphus Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) subcolubrinus Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) tenuis Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) trifidus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Chile (1 collection), Eritrea (1), France (6), Germany (1), India (2), Madagascar (8), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 24 collections including 34 occurrences