Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Alternative combinations: Perisphinctes virguloides, Prososphinctes virguloides
Full reference: W. Waagen. 1875. Jurassic fauna of Kutch, the Cephalopoda. Palaeontologia Indica, Series 9. Memoir 1(2-4):23-247
Belongs to Perisphinctes (Dichotomoceras) according to D.K. Pandey et al. 2012
See also Collignon 1959 and Pandey et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Perisphinctes (Dichotomoceras) antrobikensis, Perisphinctes (Dichotomoceras) besairiei, Perisphinctes (Dichotomoceras) bifurcatoides, Perisphinctes (Dichotomoceras) bifurcatus, Perisphinctes (Dichotomoceras) crassus, Perisphinctes (Dichotomoceras) dichotomum, Perisphinctes (Dichotomoceras) grossouvrei, Perisphinctes (Dichotomoceras) microplicatilis, Perisphinctes (Dichotomoceras) predivisum, Perisphinctes (Dichotomoceras) prowitteanus, Perisphinctes (Dichotomoceras) sparsicostatum, Perisphinctes (Dichotomoceras) stenocycloides
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Ethiopia (2 collections), India (2), Madagascar (2), Yemen (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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