Virgatosphinctes
{{Short description|Genus of molluscs (fossil)}}
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{{Taxobox
|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:Jurassic animals of Asia
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