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Virgatosphinctes andesensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
Perisphinctes (Virgatosphinctes) broilii, V. communis, V. cristobalensis, V. denseplicatus, V. fresnosensis, V. kagbeniensis, V. pinarensis, V. sanchezi, V. scythicus (syn. V. lenaensis, Virgatites andesensis, V. evolutus, Virgatites mexicanus), V. subtenuicostatus
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Perisphinctes dacquei, Perisphinctes polygyratus

Synonymy list
No taxonomic opinions are available

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyPerisphinctidaeSteinmann 1890
subfamilyVirgatosphinctinaeSpath 1923
genusVirgatosphinctes
speciesandesensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 157.30000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian157.3 - 145.0Antarctica Virgatosphinctes andesensis (36767)