†subfamily Prososphinctinae Głowniak 2012 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Full reference: E. Głowniak. 2012. The perisphinctid genus Prososphinctes Schindewolf (Ammonoidea, subfamily Prososphinctinae nov.): an indicator of palaeoecological changes in the Early Oxfordian Submediterranean sea of southern Poland. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 264:117-179

Parent taxon: Perisphinctidae according to E. Głowniak 2012

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, Pseudogravesia, Pseudoperisphinctinae, Pseudovirgatitinae, Sicilisphinctes, Siemiradzkia, Sivajiceratinae, Subgrossouvria, Tolvericeras, Vinalesphinctinae, Virgatitinae, Virgatopavlovia, Virgatosphinctinae, Wagnericeras dietrichi, Zenostephanus, Zigzagiceratinae

Subtaxa: Larcheria Platysphinctes Prososphinctes Tenuisphinctes

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Type: Prososphinctes

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Argentina (2 collections), France (2), India (1), Iran (1), Madagascar (7), Poland (24), Spain (4), Yemen (2)

Total: 43 collections including 56 occurrences

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