Perisphinctes
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Perisphinctes Fossil range: Late Jurassic |
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The exhibit from the Museum of Natural History in Berlin
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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.