Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Full reference: H. M. Verma and G. E. G. Westermann. 1973. The Tithonian (Jurassic) ammonite fauna of Sierra Catorce, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Bulletins of American Paleontology 63(277):107-320
Belongs to Virgatosphinctes according to H. M. Verma and G. E. G. Westermann 1973
Sister taxa: Perisphinctes (Virgatosphinctes) broilii, Virgatosphinctes communis, Virgatosphinctes cristobalensis, Virgatosphinctes denseplicatus, Virgatosphinctes fresnosensis, Virgatosphinctes kagbeniensis, Virgatosphinctes pinarensis, Virgatosphinctes scythicus, Virgatosphinctes subtenuicostatus
Type specimen: McM J 1528/2, a shell. Its type locality is Locality 40C (McM-J1528), El Pastor, Sierra Catorce, which is in a Tithonian carbonate limestone in the La Caja Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Mexico (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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