Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Perrinitidae
Full reference: T. B. Leonova. 1983. Perrinitids (Goniatitida) of the Pamir region. Paleontological Journal 17:36-51
Belongs to Ripernites according to T. B. Leonova 2002
See also Leonova 1983 and Leonova 1989
Sister taxa: Metaperrinites cumminsi, Metaperrinites involutus, Metaperrinites ishibashii, Metaperrinites milleri, Metaperrinites obsoletus, Metaperrinites schucherti, Metaperrinites shaiwaensis, Metaperrinites toumanskayae, Metaperrinites vicinus, Metaperrinites waageni, Mapirites latumbilicatus, Paraperrinites brouweri, Paraperrinites subcumminsi, Nepirrites medius
Type specimen: PIN 3591/121. Its type locality is Shindy River, Sample 26/1, Pamir Mountains, which is in a Kungurian marine horizon in the Kyzyldzhilga Formation of Tajikistan.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 50.4
Distribution:
• Permian of Tajikistan (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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