Virgatosphinctes

{{Short description|Genus of molluscs (fossil)}}

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|name = Virgatosphinctes

|image = Ammonitida - Virgatosphinctes sp.JPG

|image_caption = Fossil specimen of Virgatosphinctes species from Upper Jurassic

|regnum = Animalia

|phylum = Mollusca

|classis = Cephalopoda

|subclassis = Ammonoidea

|familia = Perisphinctidae

|ordo = Ammonitida

|genus = Virgatosphinctes

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Virgatosphinctes is an extinct genus of ammonites, which lived in the Tithonian stage of the Jurassic period, from 150.8 to 140.2 Ma . Its fossils have been found in Antarctica, China, Cuba, India, Nepal, Russia and Yemen.

References

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  • [https://www.fossilworks.org Paleobiology Database]
  • [https://archive.today/20110723131140/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=231&rank=class Sepkoski's Online Genus Database]
  • [http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/460384/view Science Photo]

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Category:Ammonitida genera

Category:Jurassic ammonites

Category:Jurassic animals of Asia

Category:Perisphinctidae

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