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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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