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Virgatosphinctes
Taxonomy
Virgatosphinctes was named by Uhlig (1910) [Sepkoski's age data: J Tith-l J Tith-u]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Virgatosphinctinae.
It was reranked as Perisphinctes (Virgatosphinctes) by Uhlig (1910).
It was assigned to Perisphinctes by Uhlig (1910); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Virgatosphinctinae by Helmstaedt (1969), Verma and Westermann (1973), Mesezhnikov (1984), Myczynski (1989) and Salazar and Stinnesbeck (2016).
It was reranked as Perisphinctes (Virgatosphinctes) by Uhlig (1910).
It was assigned to Perisphinctes by Uhlig (1910); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Virgatosphinctinae by Helmstaedt (1969), Verma and Westermann (1973), Mesezhnikov (1984), Myczynski (1989) and Salazar and Stinnesbeck (2016).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1910 | Perisphinctes (Virgatosphinctes) Uhlig |
| 1910 | Virgatosphinctes Uhlig pp. Pl. 91 fig. 1 |
| 1969 | Virgatosphinctes Helmstaedt p. 74 |
| 1973 | Virgatosphinctes Verma and Westermann p. 185 |
| 1984 | Virgatosphinctes Mesezhnikov p. 146 |
| 1989 | Virgatosphinctes Myczynski p. 97 |
| 2002 | Virgatosphinctes Sepkoski |
| 2016 | Virgatosphinctes Salazar and Stinnesbeck p. 153 |
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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.
G. †Virgatosphinctes Uhlig 1910
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†Perisphinctes (Virgatosphinctes) broilii Uhlig 1910
†Virgatosphinctes communis Spath 1931
†Virgatosphinctes cristobalensis Imlay 1942
†Virgatosphinctes denseplicatus Waagen 1875
†Virgatosphinctes fresnosensis Imlay 1942
†Virgatosphinctes kagbeniensis Helmstaedt 1969
†Virgatosphinctes pinarensis Chudoley and Furrazola 1968
†Virgatosphinctes sanchezi Verma and Westermann 1973
†Virgatosphinctes scythicus Vischniakoff 1882
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Invalid names: Virgatites andesensis Douvillé 1910 [synonym], Virgatites mexicanus Buckhardt 1906 [synonym], Virgatosphinctes evolutus Leanza 1980 [synonym], Virgatosphinctes lenaensis Corvalán 1959 [synonym]
†Virgatosphinctes subtenuicostatus Mesezhnikov 1984
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| shell height | 1 | 77.0 | |||||
| shell diameter | 1 | 210.0 | |||||
| shell inflation | 1 | 89.0 |
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Age range: base of the Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Berriasian or 163.50000 to 140.20000 Ma
Collections (43 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxfordian | Chile (Antofagasta) | V. sp. (172175) | |
| Oxfordian - Early/Lower Berriasian | Russian Federation | V. densiplicatus (213005) | |
| Kimmeridgian | Ethiopia | Perisphinctes dacquei (94498) | |
| Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian | Antarctica | V. andesensis, V. denseplicatus (36767) | |
| Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | Antarctica | V. sp. (158964) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Madagascar (Melaky) | V. denseplicatus (234324) | |
| Tithonian | Yemen (Wasi Hajar) | V. broilii (2582) | |
| Tithonian | India (Gujarat) | V. sp. (64623) | |
| Tithonian | China | V. frequens, V. haydeni, V. denseplicatus (64827) | |
| Tithonian | India | V. sp., V. densiplicatus (83609) | |
| Tithonian | Antarctica | V. sp. B (76461) V. sp. C (76463) | |
| Tithonian | USA (California) | V. sp. (225610) | |
| Tithonian | Russian Federation (Siberia) | V. sp. (2475 2477) | |
| Tithonian | Antarctica (Alexander Island) | V. sp. (2074) | |
| Tithonian | Yemen (Wadi Hajar) | V. broilii (2615) | |
| Tithonian | Cuba | V. cristobalensis (57746) V. sp. (57747) V. spp., V. pinarensis (57728) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Mexico ( San Luis Potosí ) | V. sp. (192488) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Mexico | V. fresnosensis, V. sanchezi, V. communis (197974) V. sanchezi (197759 197760 197975) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Antarctica (Antarctic Peninsula) | V. sp. (10697) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Cuba | V. denseplicatus, V. pinarensis (57718) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Perisphinctes polygyratus (213104) | |
| Late/Upper Tithonian | India | V. communis (65882) V. densiplicatus (65883) V. densiplicatus, V. sp., V. communis (65891) | |
| Late/Upper Tithonian | Nepal | V. kagbeniensis (142312) | |
| Middle Tithonian | Russian Federation (Khabarovsk) | V. sp. (164327 164343) V. subtenuicostatus (164337 164344 164346) | |
| Middle Tithonian | Chile | V. scythicus (175926 175927 175928 175929) | |
| Middle Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian | Chile | V. scythicus (175930) | |
| Berriasian | Yemen (Wadi Hajar) | V. broilii (2581) |