Indosphinctes Spath 1930 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Full reference: L.F. Spath. 1930. The Jurassic ammonite faunas of the neighbourhood of Mombasa. Monographs of the Geological Department of the Hunterian Museum IV:13-71

Parent taxon: Pseudoperisphinctinae according to W. J. Arkell et al. 1957

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Berbericeras, Binatisphinctes, Choffatia, Flabellisphinctes, Homoeoplanulites, Klematosphinctes, Poculisphinctes, Prososphinctoides, Pseudopeltoceras, Pseudoperisphinctes

Subtaxa: Indosphinctes (Elatmites) Indosphinctes besavoensis Indosphinctes brenoni Indosphinctes choffati Indosphinctes indicus Indosphinctes natwaris Indosphinctes peregrinus Indosphinctes pseudopatina Indosphinctes urbanus

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Argentina (1 collection), France (12), Germany (2), India (2), Iran (1), Madagascar (14)

Total: 32 collections including 63 occurrences

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