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Metaperrinites obsoletus

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Perrinitidae

Taxonomy
Shyndoceras obsoletus was named by Leonova (1983). Its type specimen is PIN 3591/122 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was corrected as Shyndoceras obsoletum by Leonova (1989), Leonova (1992) and Leonova (2002); it was recombined as Metaperrinites obsoletus by Zhou and Yang (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Shyndoceras obsoletus Leonova p. 45 fig. 5,6
1989Shyndoceras obsoletum Leonova p. 135 figs. Pl 9, figs 3,4; text-fig 51c,d, 52
1992Shyndoceras obsoletum Leonova p. 153 figs. Pl 31, fig 15; pl 32, fig 1
2002Shyndoceras obsoletum Leonova
2005Metaperrinites obsoletus Zhou and Yang p. 384 fig. 8.6,8.7,10.1

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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
speciesobsoletus()

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.

Metaperrinites obsoletus Leonova 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height416.28.3038.813.116.4
shell diameter446.421.783.254.530.1
shell inflation419.8--19.8-

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 (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Tajikistan Shyndoceras obsoletum (130240 130250 130283)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Tajikistan Shyndoceras obsoletum (81384 111288 111289 111376 111377 178024 178026 178027 178152) Shyndoceras obsoletus (111260 111262 111270 111271 111281 111282 111283 111370)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Xinjiang) Metaperrinites obsoletus (121706)