Perisphinctes

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Perisphinctes
Fossil range: Late Jurassic
The exhibit from the Museum of Natural History in Berlin
The exhibit from the Museum of Natural History in Berlin
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Genus: Perisphinctes
Waagen, 1869

Perisphinctes is an extinct genus of ammonite cephalopod. They lived during the Jurassic Period [1], and serve as an index fossil for that time period.

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