''Perisphinctes'' is an extinct
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
ammonite
Ammonoids are a group of extinct marine mollusc animals in the subclass Ammonoidea of the class Cephalopoda. These molluscs, commonly referred to as ammonites, are more closely related to living coleoids (i.e., octopuses, squid and cuttlefish) ...
cephalopod. They lived during the
Middle to
Late Jurassic
The Late Jurassic is the third epoch of the Jurassic Period, and it spans the geologic time from 163.5 ± 1.0 to 145.0 ± 0.8 million years ago (Ma), which is preserved in Upper Jurassic strata.Owen 1987.
In European lithostratigraphy, the name ...
epochs and serve as an
index fossil
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for that time period. The species ''P. boweni'' was named after the English chemist and geologist
E. J. Bowen
Edmund ("Ted") John Bowen Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (29 April 1898 – 19 November 1980) was a British physical chemist.
Life
Born in Worcester, England, Worcester, England, E. J. Bowen attended the Royal Grammar School Worcester. He w ...
(1898–1980).
Distribution
Shells 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.
Gallery
File:Perisphinctes (Prosososphinctes) virguloides (Waagen).jpg, ''Perisphinctes virguloides''
File:Perisphinctes cf choffati.JPG, '' Perisphinctes choffati''
File:Perisphinctes plicatilis 2.jpg, ''Perisphinctes plicatilis''
File:Perisphingtes de Talant.JPG, ''Perisphingtes oxfordien''
References
Ammonitida genera
Perisphinctidae
Late Jurassic ammonites
Late Jurassic ammonites of Europe
Ammonites of Africa
Jurassic animals of Africa
Ammonites of Asia
Jurassic Asia
Ammonites of South America
Jurassic Argentina
Jurassic Chile
Fossil taxa described in 1869
Callovian first appearances
Late Jurassic extinctions
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