Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Perrinitidae
Synonym: Perrimetanites Leonova 1983
Full reference: E. Böse. 1919. The Permo-Carboniferous ammonoids of the Glass Mountains, west Texas, and their stratigraphic significance. Texas Bureau of Economic Geology Bulletin 1762:1-241
Parent taxon: Perrinitidae according to W. M. Furnish et al. 2009
See also Korn 2006, Leonova 1989, Leonova 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Tharalson 1984
Sister taxa: Metaperrinites, Paraperrinitinae, Perrinitinae, Properrinites
Subtaxa: Perrimetanites afghanis Perrimetanites praesimplicior Perrimetanites simplicior Perrinites gouldi Perrinites hilli Perrinites tardus Perrinites vidriensis
Type: Waagenoceras hilli
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Belize (2 collections), China (1), Colombia (5), Japan (1), Mexico (4), Tajikistan (5), Thailand (3), United States (95: Arizona, California, Idaho, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas), Venezuela (1)
Total: 117 collections including 121 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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