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Perisphinctes ✝

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Perisphinctes victoris

San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Perisphinctes sp.

England, UK

Perisphinctes sp.

Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar

Perisphinctes victoris

San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Perisphinctes sp.

England, UK

Perisphinctes sp.

Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar

Perisphinctes victoris

San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Perisphinctes sp.

England, UK

Description

Perisphinctes is an extinct genus of ammonite cephalopod. They lived during the Middle to Late Jurassic epochs and serve as an index fossil for that time period. The species P. boweni was named after the English chemist and geologist E. J. Bowen (1898–1980).

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perisphinctes, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8841445	https://www.gbif.org/species/8841445
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	15382	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=15382

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Perisphinctidae : Perisphinctes

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Perisphinctidae : Perisphinctes

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Ammonoidea
order	Ammonitida	Hyatt 1889
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Perisphinctoidea	(Steinman 1890)
family	Perisphinctidae	Steinmann 1890
subfamily	Perisphinctinae	Steinmann 1890
genus	Perisphinctes	Waagen 1869

Scientific Name

Perisphinctes Waagen, 1869

Name Published In

Geogn.-pal. Beitr., 2: 248

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Perisphinctes	subgenus	belongs to Ammonites	stated with evidence	Loriol, 1878
Perisphinctes	genus	belongs to Perisphinctidae	stated with evidence	Arkell, 1952
Perisphinctes	genus	belongs to Ammonoidea	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Perisphinctes	genus	belongs to Perisphinctinae	stated with evidence	Parent, 2006

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

168 - 165 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

151 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic

Motility

fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)

Vision

well-developed (based on Cephalopoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Ammonoidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Ammonoidea)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perisphinctes

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Perisphinctes (Antilloceras) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)
Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		17	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Perisphinctes (Dichotomoceras) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		34	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	157 Ma Jurassic
Perisphinctes (Dichotomosphinctes) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		82	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	157 Ma Jurassic
Perisphinctes (Discosphinctes) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		9	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	157 Ma Jurassic
Perisphinctes (Kranaosphinctes) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		27	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Perisphinctes (Prososphinctes) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		11	165 Ma Middle Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Perisphinctes (Subdiscosphinctes) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		7	161 Ma Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Perisphinctes abadiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	157 Ma Jurassic	156 Ma Jurassic
Perisphinctes acutecosta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes aguilari species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes aguilerai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes alexeii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes arussiorum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	157 Ma Jurassic	157 Ma Jurassic
Perisphinctes bangei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes bifurcatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes biplex species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes birmensdorfensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Perisphinctes boesei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes bonjouri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes burkarti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes choffati ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	157 Ma Jurassic	157 Ma Jurassic
Perisphinctes clarki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes corona species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes cotovui species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes crouzetensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes diversecostatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes dolfussi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes dorae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes durangensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes elisabethaeformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes felixi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes flexicostatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes gallarum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	161 Ma Jurassic	157 Ma Jurassic
Perisphinctes girardoti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes hetaerus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes hillebrandti ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	165 Ma Middle Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Perisphinctes jubailensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	157 Ma Jurassic	156 Ma Jurassic
Perisphinctes kiritaniensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes koeneni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes latilinguatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes lauri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes ledonicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes lenki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes mairei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes marcoui species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes matsushimai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes mazuricus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes mclachlani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes neohispanicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes noetlingi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes orbignyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes parandieri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	161 Ma Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Perisphinctes paturattensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes perisphinctoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes picteti ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	165 Ma Middle Jurassic	165 Ma Middle Jurassic
Perisphinctes potosinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes promiscuus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes prophetae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes pseudoachilles species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes rollieri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes rotundatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes roubyanus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	157 Ma Jurassic	157 Ma Jurassic
Perisphinctes santarosanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes schucherti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes stenocyclus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	157 Ma Jurassic	157 Ma Jurassic
Perisphinctes subachilles species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes subbleicheri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes symonensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes tenuiplicatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes theodosii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes titan species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes tobosensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes torresianus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes trichoplocoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes variocostatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Perisphinctes victoris ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Perisphinctes virgatoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes waitzi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes wartaeformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perisphinctes wilfridi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1878	Ammonites (Perisphinctes) Loriol
1894	Ammonites (Perisphinctes) Crick p. 436
1952	Perisphinctes Arkell p. 292
2002	Perisphinctes Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Perisphinctes Parent p. 37
2008	Perisphinctes Matsukawa et al. p. 4
2014	Perisphinctes Sato and Yamada p. 36
1878	Ammonites (Perisphinctes) Loriol
1894	Ammonites (Perisphinctes) Crick p. 436
1952	Perisphinctes Arkell p. 292
2002	Perisphinctes Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Perisphinctes Parent p. 37
2008	Perisphinctes Matsukawa et al. p. 4
2014	Perisphinctes Sato and Yamada p. 36

Year	Name and Author
1878	Ammonites (Perisphinctes) Loriol
1894	Ammonites (Perisphinctes) Crick p. 436
1952	Perisphinctes Arkell p. 292
2002	Perisphinctes Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Perisphinctes Parent p. 37
2008	Perisphinctes Matsukawa et al. p. 4
2014	Perisphinctes Sato and Yamada p. 36
1878	Ammonites (Perisphinctes) Loriol
1894	Ammonites (Perisphinctes) Crick p. 436
1952	Perisphinctes Arkell p. 292
2002	Perisphinctes Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Perisphinctes Parent p. 37
2008	Perisphinctes Matsukawa et al. p. 4
2014	Perisphinctes Sato and Yamada p. 36

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Crick G. C. On a collection of Jurassic Cephalopoda from Western Australia - obtained by Harry Page Woodward, F.G.S., government geologist - with descriptions of the species, Geological Magazine, Decade IV 1, 433-441

Arkell W. J. (1952) Jurassic ammonites from Jebel Tuwaiq, central Arabia, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Biological Sciences 236, 241-313

Parent H. (2006) Oxfordian and late Callovian ammonite faunas and biostratigraphy of the Neuquen-Mendoza and Tarapaca Basins (Jurassic, Ammonoidea, Western South-America), Boletin del Instituto de Fisiografia y Geologia 76 1-2, 1-70

Matsukawa M., Koarai K., et al (2008) A gigantic ammonite from the Upper Jurassic Arimine Formation of the Tetori Group, Japan, Bulletin of the Tateyami Caldera Sabo Museum 9, 1-10

Sato T., Yamada T. (2014) A new Oxfordian (Late Jurassic) ammonite assemblage from the Arimine Formation (Tetori Group) in the Arimine area, southeastern Toyama Prefecture, northern Central Japan, Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series C, Geology and Paleontology 40, 21-55

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 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 (1954) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus (authority adjusted) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

in Benecke, Geogn.-pal. Beitr., 2 (2) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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