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Metaperrinites toumanskayae

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Perrinitidae

Taxonomy
Metaperrinites toumanskayae was named by Leonova (1983). Its type specimen is PIN 3591/127 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Igrimiyuz Creek, Sample 16, Pamir Mountains, which is in a Kungurian marine horizon in the Kyzyldzhilga Formation of Tajikistan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Metaperrinites toumanskayae Leonova p. 38 figs. Pl 4, fig 1; text-fig 1a
1989Metaperrinites toumanskayae Leonova p. 129 figs. Pl 8, fig 1; text-fig 49a, 50a
1992Metaperrinites toumanskayae Leonova p. 152 figs. Pl 31, fig 14
2002Metaperrinites toumanskayae Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyShumarditoidea(Plummer and Scott 1937)
familyPerrinitidae
genusMetaperrinitesRuzhencev 1950
speciestoumanskayae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height213.510.517.313.94.81
shell diameter226.720.335.027.610.4
shell inflation26.80--6.80-

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Tajikistan Metaperrinites toumanskayae (130222 130241)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Tajikistan Metaperrinites toumanskayae (81384 111251 type locality: 111260 111264 111270 111271 111278 111279 111281 111282 111283 177982)