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Virgatosphinctes densiplicatus

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. Virgatites mexicanus, V. lenaensis, V. evolutus, Virgatites andesensis), V. subtenuicostatus
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Perisphinctes dacquei, Perisphinctes polygyratus, V. andesensis, V. frequens, V. haydeni

Synonymy list
No taxonomic opinions are available

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyPerisphinctidaeSteinmann 1890
subfamilyVirgatosphinctinaeSpath 1923
genusVirgatosphinctes
speciesdensiplicatus

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: Late/Upper Tithonian or 145.06000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian - Early/Lower Berriasian161.5 - 141.0Russian Federation Virgatosphinctes densiplicatus (213005)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1India Virgatosphinctes densiplicatus (83609)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1India Virgatosphinctes densiplicatus (65883 65891)