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Genus of molluscs (fossil) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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| Fossil shell of Virgatites virgatus from Russia, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
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| Subfamily: | Virgatitinae |
| Genus: | Virgatites (Pavlov, 1892) |
Viratites has a ribbed evolute shell without tubercles.
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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