Perisphinctes

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Perisphinctes
Temporal range: Callovian–Tithonian[1]
Exhibit from the
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Perisphinctidae
Subfamily: Perisphinctinae
Genus: Perisphinctes
Waagen, 1869[2]
Type species
Ammonites variocostatus[4]
Buckland, 1836
Species[3]
  • P. abadiensis
  • P. arussiorum
  • P. birmensdorfensis
  • P. choffati
  • P. gallarum
  • P. hillebrandti
  • P. jubailensis
  • P. parandieri
  • P. picteti
  • P. roubyanus
  • P. stenocyclus
  • P. variocostatus

Perisphinctes is an extinct

index fossil for that time period.[5] The species P. boweni was named after the English chemist and geologist E. J. Bowen (1898–1980).[6]

Distribution

Cephalopods of species belonging to this genus have been found in the Jurassic of Antarctica, Argentina, Chile, Cuba, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Madagascar, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Yemen.[3]

Gallery

  • Perisphinctes virguloides
    Perisphinctes virguloides
  • Perisphinctes choffati
    Perisphinctes choffati
  • Perisphinctes plicatilis
    Perisphinctes plicatilis
  • Perisphingtes oxfordien
    Perisphingtes oxfordien

References

  1. ^ "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Cephalopoda entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 2002. pp. 1–560. Archived from the original on 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
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  3. ^ a b "Paleobiology Database - Perisphinctes". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  4. ^ Hemming, Francis (1954). "Opinion 303: Designation, under the Plenary Powers, of type species in harmony with current usage for the nominal genera Kosmoceras, Perisphinctes and Harpoceras (class Cephalopoda, order Ammonoidea) established by Waagen in 1869". Opinions and Declarations Rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 8 (20): 273–284.
  5. United States Geological Service
    , USA.
  6. JSTOR 769866
    .