Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Parent taxon: Perisphinctoidea according to M. W. Maisch and A. T. Matzke 2018
See also Arkell 1952, Arkell et al. 1957, Dutta and Bardhan 2016, Majidifard 2015, Matsukawa et al. 2008, Mesezhnikov 1984, Parent 2006, Salazar and Stinnesbeck 2016, Sato and Yamada 2014, Schlegelmilch 1994, Verma and Westermann 1973 and Zell and Stinnesbeck 2015
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: 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 Prososphinctinae Pseudogravesia Pseudoperisphinctinae Pseudovirgatitinae Sicilisphinctes Siemiradzkia Sivajiceratinae Subgrossouvria Tolvericeras Vinalesphinctinae Virgatitinae Virgatopavlovia Virgatosphinctinae Wagnericeras dietrichi Zenostephanus Zigzagiceratinae
Type: Perisphinctes
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore