Perisphinctes (Dichotomosphinctes) muhlbachi Hyatt 1894

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Alternative combinations: Dichotomoceras muhlbachi, Perisphinctes muhlbachi

Synonym: Perisphinctes durangensis Burckhardt 1912

Full reference: A. Hyatt. 1894. Trias and Jura in the western states. Geological Society America Bulletin 5(1):395-434

Belongs to Perisphinctes (Dichotomosphinctes) according to R. W. Imlay 1961

See also Crickmay 1933, Hyatt 1894 and Parent 2006

Sister taxa: Dichotomosphinctes stenocyclus, Perisphinctes (Dichotomosphinctes) aeneas, Perisphinctes (Dichotomosphinctes) antecedens, Perisphinctes (Dichotomosphinctes) bouranensis, Perisphinctes (Dichotomosphinctes) elisabethae, Perisphinctes (Dichotomosphinctes) elisabethaeformis, Perisphinctes (Dichotomosphinctes) gamelai, Perisphinctes (Dichotomosphinctes) germaini, Perisphinctes (Dichotomosphinctes) jacki, Perisphinctes (Dichotomosphinctes) kiritaniensis, Perisphinctes (Dichotomosphinctes) lehmani, Perisphinctes (Dichotomosphinctes) montfalconensis, Perisphinctes (Dichotomosphinctes) obliqueplicatus, Perisphinctes (Dichotomosphinctes) rotiformis, Perisphinctes (Dichotomosphinctes) subhelenae, Perisphinctes (Dichotomosphinctes) tizianiformis, Perisphinctes (Dichotomosphinctes) vermicularis, Perisphinctes (Dichotomosphinctes) wartae

Type specimens:

  • Perisphinctes (Dichotomosphinctes) muhlbachi: USNM 30203
  • Perisphinctes durangensis:

Distribution:

• Jurassic of United States (3: California collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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