Virgatites is an extinct genus of ammonoid cephalopod belonging to the family Perisphinctidae. Related genera in the Virgatitinae include Acuticostites and Zaraiskites. Species in this genus were fast-moving nektonic carnivores.
Species
- Virgatites virgatus (Buch 1830)
- Virgatites pallasianus (d'Orbigny, 1845)
- Virgatites sosia (Vischniakoff 1882)
- Virgatites larisae Mitta 1983
- Virgatites gerassimovi Mitta 1983
- Virgatites crassicostatus Mitta 1987
- Virgatites rarecostatus Rogov 2017
Description
Viratites has a ribbed evolute shell without tubercles.
Distribution
These cephalopods lived during the Volgan stage (or Tithonian age) of the upper Jurassic in what is now the Russian Platform.
References
Further reading
- W.J Arkell, et al., Mesozoic Ammonoidea; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, 1957. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
- V.V. Mitta, 1993. Paleontological Journal 27(4).