Properrinites gigantus Zhou 2017 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Perrinitidae

Full reference: Z. R. Zhou. 2017. Permian basinal ammonoid sequence in Nanpanjiang area of South China - possible overlap between basinal Guadalupian and platform-based Lopingian. Journal of Paleontology 91(Memoir 74):1-95

Belongs to Properrinites according to Z. R. Zhou 2017

Sister taxa: Properrinites boesei, Properrinites deroeveri, Properrinites dmitrievi, Properrinites nevadensis, Subperrinites mooreae, Subperrinites furnishi, Subperrinites denhami, Subperrinites bakeri, Subperrinites plummeri

Type specimen: NIGP 94472, a shell. Its type locality is Liuzhai, Nandan County, which is in an Asselian carbonate limestone in the Maping Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 112.0

Distribution:

• Permian of China (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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