Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Perrinitidae
Alternative combinations: Shyndoceras obsoletum, Shyndoceras obsoletus
Full reference: T. B. Leonova. 1983. Perrinitids (Goniatitida) of the Pamir region. Paleontological Journal 17:36-51
Belongs to Metaperrinites according to Z. R. Zhou and Z. R. Yang 2005
See also Leonova 1983, Leonova 1989, Leonova 1992 and Leonova 2002
Sister taxa: Metaperrinites cumminsi, Metaperrinites involutus, Metaperrinites ishibashii, Metaperrinites milleri, Metaperrinites schucherti, Metaperrinites shaiwaensis, Metaperrinites toumanskayae, Metaperrinites vicinus, Metaperrinites waageni, Ripernites pressulus, Paraperrinites subcumminsi, Paraperrinites brouweri, Nepirrites medius, Mapirites latumbilicatus
Type specimen: PIN 3591/122
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 46.4
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), Tajikistan (20)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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