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.[1]

Virgatites
Temporal range: Upper Jurassic, 150.8–145.5 Ma [1]
Fossil shell of Virgatites virgatus from Russia, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
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Virgatites

(Pavlov, 1892)

Species

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  • 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

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Viratites has a ribbed evolute shell without tubercles.

Distribution

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These cephalopods lived during the Volgan stage (or Tithonian age) of the upper Jurassic[3] in what is now the Russian Platform.

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