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Metaperrinites shaiwaensis

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Perrinitidae

Taxonomy
Metaperrinites shaiwaensis was named by Zhou (2017). Its type specimen is NIGP 93714, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shaiwa section, bed 12, which is in a Kungurian basinal (carbonate) limestone in the Sidazhai Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Metaperrinites shaiwaensis Zhou p. 59 figs. 33.10-33.13, 35.3, 35.4

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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
speciesshaiwaensis

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
partNmean
shell height19.30
shell diameter116.1
shell inflation12.25

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: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Guangxi) Metaperrinites shaiwaensis (185587)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Guizhou) Metaperrinites shaiwaensis (type locality: 185574)