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Perisphinctes (Virgatosphinctes) broilii

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy

Perisphinctes (Virgatosphinctes) broilii was named by Uhlig (1910).

It was recombined as Virgatosphinctes broilii by Howarth (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. africanus, P. andium, P. mairei-matheyi, P. malinowskae, P. panderi, P. polygyratus, P. praestenocyclus, P. progeron, P. quadratus, P. scythicus, P. siemiradzkii, P. eucostatus, P. quadratus, P. pickeringius, P. buckmani, P. buckmanni, P. luciaeformis, P. crassissimus, P. A, P. B, P. anguiculus, P. patturatensis, P. siemirazkii, P. roedereri, P. alatus, P. andelotensis, P. densecostatus, P. pumilus, P. dorsoplanus, P. dacquei, P. polygyratus, Virgatosphinctes andesensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1910	Perisphinctes (Virgatosphinctes) broilii Uhlig
1998	Virgatosphinctes broilii Howarth

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Ammonoidea	()

Rank	Name	Author
order	Ammonitida
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Perisphinctoidea	(Steinman 1890)
family	Perisphinctidae	Steinmann 1890
subfamily	Virgatosphinctinae	Spath 1923
genus	Perisphinctes
subgenus	Virgatosphinctes
species	broilii	Uhlig 1910

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.

†Perisphinctes (Virgatosphinctes) broilii Uhlig 1910

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragoniteo

Environment:

marinec

Locomotion:

fast-movingo

Life habit:

nektonico

Diet:

carnivoreo

Vision:

well-developedc

Created:

2005-01-28 02:27:03

Modified:

2009-10-08 14:14:55

Source: o = order, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Tithonian to the top of the Berriasian or 152.10000 to 139.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Tithonian	152.1 - 145.0	Yemen (Wadi Hajar)	Virgatosphinctes broilii (2615)
Tithonian	152.1 - 145.0	Yemen (Wasi Hajar)	Virgatosphinctes broilii (2582)
Berriasian	145.0 - 139.8	Yemen (Wadi Hajar)	Virgatosphinctes broilii (2581)