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Virgatosphinctinae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Virgatosphinctinae Spath
1969Virgatosphinctinae Helmstaedt p. 72
1973Virgatosphinctinae Verma and Westermann p. 178
1984Virgatosphinctinae Mesezhnikov p. 146
2005Virgatosphinctinae Sato and Yamada p. 270
2016Virgatosphinctinae Salazar and Stinnesbeck p. 153

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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
subfamilyVirgatosphinctinaeSpath 1923

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.

Subfm. †Virgatosphinctinae Spath 1923
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†Aulacosphinctoides lauri Aguilera 1895
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Invalid names: Perisphinctes aguilari Burckhardt 1906 [synonym], Perisphinctes felixi Aguliera 1895 [synonym]
G. †Laugeites
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†Laugeites mesezhnikowi Kiselev and Rogov 2005
†Laugeites parvus Donovan 1964
G. †Pachysphinctes Dietrich
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Invalid names: Pachysphinctes marellei Collignon 1959 [synonym], Pachysphinctes trichordis Collignon 1959 [synonym]
†Pachysphinctes beyrichi Futterer 1894
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Invalid names: Torquatisphinctes betsibokensis Collignon 1959 [synonym]
†Pachysphinctes major Spath 1931
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†Parapallasiceras pseudocontiguum Donze and Enay 1961
G. †Propectinatites Cope 1968
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G. †Pseudinvoluticeras Spath 1925
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†Subplanites contiguus Catullo 1846
†Subplanites nepalensis Helmstaedt 1969
Invalid names: Ilowaiskya Vyalov 1940 [synonym], Virgatosphinctoides Neaverson 1925 [synonym]
G. †Virgatosphinctes Uhlig 1910
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†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]
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 Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Berriasian or 161.50000 to 141.00000 Ma

Collections (165 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Chile (Antofagasta) Virgatosphinctes sp. (172175)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Ethiopia Anavirgatites sp. (94574)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Russian Federation Subplanites contiguus (213006)
Oxfordian - Early/Lower Berriasian161.5 - 141.0Russian Federation Virgatosphinctes densiplicatus (213005)
Oxfordian - Berriasian161.5 - 137.05Spain Paraberriasella sp., Parapallasiceras pseudocontiquus, Parapallasiceras praecox, Parapallasiceras paracolubrinus, Parapallasiceras recticosta, Torquatisphinctes sp. (73297)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Madagascar (Mahajanga) Torquatisphinctes betsibokensis (234356) Torquatisphinctes primus (234290)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Madagascar (Sofia) Torquatisphinctes madagascariensis (234294)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21India Perisphinctes bathyplocus (234313)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Madagascar Pachysphinctes granti (234302) Pachysphinctes hirtzi (234293) Torquatisphinctes habyensis, Torquatisphinctes howarthi, Torquatisphinctes mitiense, Pachysphinctes bathyplocus (234281) Torquatisphinctes rebillyi, Pachysphinctes trichordis, Pachysphinctes marellei (234298) Torquatisphinctes similis (234275)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Mexico ( San Luis Potosí ) Torquatisphinctes sp. (192465)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Romania Torquatisphinctes plebejum (198360)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21United Kingdom (England) Propectinatites websteri (38656)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian - Late/Upper Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Madagascar Aulacosphinctoides latedorsatus, Subplanites ambohimaranitraensis, Torquatisphinctes intermedius, Pachysphinctes major, Subplanites adeloides, Pachysphinctes robustus (234322) Torquatisphinctes rebillyi, Torquatisphinctes transitorius, Torquatisphinctes torquatus (234301)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Madagascar Aulacosphinctoides kachhensis, Aulacosphinctoides antsalovensis, Pachysphinctes major (98167) Pachysphinctes grandti, Torquatisphinctes alterneplicatus (98164) Torquatisphinctes alterneplicatus (98178 234277) Torquatisphinctes besairiei (234323) Torquatisphinctes madagascariensis, Pachysphinctes bathyplocus (98162) Torquatisphinctes sp. (98193) Torquatisphinctes sp., Torquatisphinctes besairiei, Pachysphinctes major (98163)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Madagascar (Melaky) Aulacosphinctoides kachhensis, Subplanites flexuosus (234269)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2China Metagravesia decipiens (64864)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Ethiopia Perisphinctes dacquei (94498)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Somalia Subplanites spathi (100376 100384)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Antarctica (Alexander Island) Pachysphinctes sp. (2073)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2India Torquatisphinctes intermedius, Torquatisphinctes torquatus (65760) Torquatisphinctes terquatus (65887)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2China (Xizang) Torquatisphinctes sp. (61451)
Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian154.8 - 145.06Antarctica Virgatosphinctes andesensis, Virgatosphinctes denseplicatus (36767)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1Antarctica Virgatosphinctes sp. (158964)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Romania Subplanites siculus (198312) Torquatisphinctes transiens (198385)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Madagascar (Melaky) Aulacosphinctoides antsalovensis, Virgatosphinctes denseplicatus (234324)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2India Pachysphinctes granti (65879) Pachysphinctes linguiferus (65888)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Subplanites sp. (154138)
Puaroan150.0 - 143.1New Zealand Aulacosphinctoides brownei (63873) Aulacosphinctoides sp. (63756)
Tithonian - Kimmeridgian149.2 - 149.2Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Pachysphinctes bathyplocus (2546 2570) Pachysphinctes bathyplocus, Pachysphinctes major (2571) Pachysphinctes bathyplocus, Pachysphinctes major, Pachysphinctes mahokondobeyrichi (2544) Pachysphinctes sp. (2543) Pachysphinctes sp., Pachysphinctes bathyplocus, Pachysphinctes major (2569) Pachysphinctes sp., Pachysphinctes major (2572) Torquatisphinctes naifaensis (2547) Torquatisphinctes naifaensis, Pachysphinctes major (2617)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bayern) Subplanites klimovi, Subplanites moernsheimensis, Subplanites reisi, Subplanites ardescicus, Torquatisphinctes sp., Pachysphinctes major (13414) Subplanites magistri, Subplanites reisi, Subplanites rueppellianus, Torquatisphinctes isolatus, Torquatisphinctes paraboliferus (13412)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Russian Federation Ilowaiskya pavida (190663) Ilowaiskya spathi, Ilowaiskya ianshini, Ilowaiskya schashkovae, Ilowaiskya sp. (190664) Laugeites sp. (190575 190684 190835)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Mexico ( San Luis Potosí ) Virgatosphinctes sp. (192488)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany Ilowaiskya pavida, Parapallasiceras paraconcorsi, Parapallasiceras pseudocontiguum (13446) Paraberriasella densistriata (13440) Parapallasiceras multipartitum, Parapallasiceras subviperinum, Parapallasiceras palatinum, Parapallasiceras paraconcorsi, Parapallasiceras lateumbilicatum, Parapallasiceras pseudocontiguum (13445) Parapallasiceras palatinum, Parapallasiceras paraconcorsi (13443) Parapallasiceras palatinum, Parapallasiceras pseudocontiguum (13444) Parapallasiceras palatinum, Parapallasiceras pseuducontiguum (13441) Subplanites laisackerensis (193332) Subplanites laisackerensis, Subplanites sp. (193334 193335) Subplanites riedlingensis (193330) Subplanites rueppellianus, Torquatisphinctes filiplex (13413) Subplanites sp. (193337) Subplanites sp., Subplanites laisackerensis (193336) Subplanites sp., Subplanites postrueppellianum (193290) Torquatisphinctes guembeli, Torquatisphinctes regularis (13417)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Romania Torquatisphinctes laxus (198387)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06United Kingdom (England) Subplanites sp. (106362)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Argentina Torquatisphinctes mendozanus (47416)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Italy Parapallasiceras pseudocolubrinum (184803) Parapallasiceras pseudocolubrinum, Subplanitoides contiguus (184801) Parapallasiceras pseudocolubrinum, Subplanitoides contiguus, Parapallasiceras toucasi (184800)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Svalbard and Jan Mayen Perisphinctes polygyratus (213104)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Azerbaijan Subplanites contiguus (130886)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06India Aulacosphinctoides linoptychus, Aulacosphinctoides sparsicosta (65881) Aulacosphinctoides uhligi (65880) Aulacosphinctoides uhligi, Aulacosphinctoides linoptychus, Aulacosphinctoides sp. (65889)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Japan (Fukui) Parapallasiceras pseudocontiguum (197991)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Cuba Pseudoinvoluticeras sp., Aulacosphinctoides infundibulum, Pseudoinvoluticeras mozambicum, Virgatosphinctes denseplicatus, Virgatosphinctes pinarensis (57718) Subplanites cubensis (57711)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Antarctica (Antarctic Peninsula) Anavirgatites sp., Virgatosphinctes sp. (10697)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Italy (Ancona) Torquatisphinctes primus (46535 46537)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Mexico Aulacosphinctoides lauri (197976) Aulacosphinctoides lauri, Virgatosphinctes fresnosensis, Virgatosphinctes sanchezi, Virgatosphinctes communis (197974) Aulacosphinctoides lauri, Virgatosphinctes sanchezi (197759 197760 197975)
Middle Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Argentina (Neuquen) Parapallasiceras sp. (135629 135630 135632 135633) Torquatisphinctes proximus (47412 47413 47414)
Middle Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Chile Virgatosphinctes scythicus (175926 175927 175928 175929)
Middle Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Argentina (Catán Lil) Parapallasiceras sp. (240833)
Middle Tithonian149.2 - 143.1New Zealand Aulacosphinctoides sisyphi (63755)
Middle Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Russian Federation (Khabarovsk) Virgatosphinctes sp. (164327 164343) Virgatosphinctes subtenuicostatus (164337 164344 164346)
Middle Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Laugeites parvus (164355)
Middle Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Chile Virgatosphinctes scythicus (175930)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Algeria Lithoceras reisi (45075) Subplanites reisi (45076 45077)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1India Virgatosphinctes densiplicatus, Virgatosphinctes sp. (83609)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Russian Federation Ilowaiskya klimovi (58856) Ilowaiskya pseudoscythica, Ilowaiskya pavida (58858) Ilowaiskya sokolovi (58857) Laugeites stschurowskii, Laugeites aenivanovi (59186) Subplanites contiguus (213020)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Antarctica Pachysphinctes linguiferous, Torquatisphinctes sp. a, Torquatisphinctes sp. c, Virgatosphinctes sp. C (76463) Torquatisphinctes sp. b (76464) Virgatosphinctes sp. B (76461)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Spain Torquatisphinctes sp., Subplanitoides contiguus (235585)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Svalbard and Jan Mayen Laugeites sp. (212946 212977)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Russian Federation (Siberia) Virgatosphinctes sp. (2477)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1USA (California) Virgatosphinctes sp. (225610)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Antarctica (Alexander Island) Aulacosphinctoides sp., Virgatosphinctes sp. (2074)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Virgatosphinctes broilii (2615)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Yemen (Wasi Hajar) Virgatosphinctes broilii (2582)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Hungary Subplanites sp. (154755 154760 160420) Subplanites sp., Subplanites postruepellianum (154750)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1India (Gujarat) Virgatosphinctes sp. (64623)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1China Aulacosphinctoides infundibulus (64865) Virgatosphinctes frequens, Virgatosphinctes haydeni, Virgatosphinctes denseplicatus (64827)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Cuba Aulacosphinctoides sp. (57197 57199) Aulacosphinctoides sp., Pachysphinctes sp., Torquatisphinctes torquatus (57191) Aulacosphinctoides sp., Virgatosphinctes spp., Pseudoinvoluticeras mozambicum, Virgatosphinctes pinarensis (57728) Pachysphinctes sp. (57719) Virgatosphinctes cristobalensis (57746) Virgatosphinctes sp. (57747)
Tithonian - Berriasian149.2 - 137.05Russian Federation Subplanites contiguus (213004)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1India Virgatosphinctes communis (65882) Virgatosphinctes densiplicatus (65883) Virgatosphinctes densiplicatus, Virgatosphinctes sp., Virgatosphinctes communis (65891)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Iraq (Zakho) Nannostephanus subcornutum, Nothostephanus kurdistanensis, Phanerostephanus subsenex, Phanerostephanus hudsoni, Phanerostephanus intermedius, Phanerostephanus dalmasiformis (192420)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Russian Federation (Siberia) Virgatosphinctes sp. (2475)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Poland Parapallasiceras contiguus (235575)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Nepal Subplanites sp., Aulacosphinctoides subtorquatus, Aulacosphinctoides radialecostatus, Aulacosphinctoides tibetanus, Aulacosphinctoides perrinsmithi, Subplanites nepalensis, Virgatosphinctes kagbeniensis (142312)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Cuba Phanerostephanus sp. (57204)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Berriasian145.06 - 137.05Argentina (Neuquén) Aulacosphinctoides sp. (135627)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Virgatosphinctes broilii (2581)