Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
Stehn coins this taxon as a sub-genus in the header but makes it clear in the text that he considers it a genus.
Full reference: E. Stehn. 1924. Beiträge zur Kenntnis des Bathonien und Callovien in Südamerica. Beiträge zur Geologieund Palaeontologie von Südamerika - XXV. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie,. Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 49:52-158
Parent taxon: Perisphinctidae according to E. Stehn 1924
See also Arkell et al. 1957
Sister taxa: Albanesiceras, Ammonites heterostrophus, Aulacostephaninae, Bajocisphinctes, Choffatiasphinctes, Crussoliceras, Dorsoplanitinae, Euvirgalithacoceras, Franchia, Idoceratinae, Leptosphinctinae, Microbajocisphinctes, Mirosphinctes, Organoceras, Orionoides, Oxysphinctes, Passendorferiinae, Perisphinctinae, Pictoniinae, Praebigotites, Procerites, Proplanulitinae, Prorsisphinctes, Prososphinctinae, Pseudogravesia, Pseudoperisphinctinae, Pseudovirgatitinae, Sicilisphinctes, Siemiradzkia, Sivajiceratinae, Subgrossouvria, Tolvericeras, Vinalesphinctinae, Virgatitinae, Virgatopavlovia, Virgatosphinctinae, Wagnericeras dietrichi, Zenostephanus, Zigzagiceratinae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (4 collections), Chile (2), China (1), France (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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