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Perrinites hilli

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Perrinitidae

Taxonomy
Waagenoceras hilli was named by Smith (1903). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Falls of Salt Croton Creek, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the Blaine Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Perrinites.

It was recombined as Perrinites hilli by Plummer and Scott (1937), Miller and Furnish (1941), Clifton (1942), Miller (1944), Miller (1945), Thompson and Miller (1949), Miller et al. (1957), Tharalson (1984), Wilson (1986), Glenister et al. (1990) and Leonova (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Waagenoceras hilli Smith p. 140 figs. Pl 27, figs 1-3
1937Perrinites kempae Plummer and Scott p. 313 figs. Pl 27, figs 5, 6
1937Perrinites beedei Plummer and Scott p. 316 figs. Pl 26, figs 6, 7
1937Perrinites hilli Plummer and Scott p. 319 figs. Pl 27, figs 1-4
1941Perrinites hilli Miller and Furnish p. 403 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-6; text-fig 2
1942Perrinites hilli Clifton p. 698 figs. Pl 103, figs 9,10
1944Perrinites hilli Miller p. 118 figs. Pl 37, figs 3-5,10,11; pl 38, figs 1-4; pl 39, figs 1-5; pl 40, figs 1,2; text-fig 27
1945Perrinites hilli Miller p. 19 figs. Pl 7, figs 7,8
1949Perrinites hilli Thompson and Miller figs. Pl 8, figs 1,2
1957Perrinites hilli Miller et al. p. 1062 figs. Pl 133, figs 5,6
1984Perrinites hilli Tharalson p. 818 figs. 11, 12
1986Perrinites hilli Wilson p. 1133 fig. 1
1990Perrinites hilli Glenister et al. p. 479
2002Perrinites hilli Leonova p. 70

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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
genusPerrinites
specieshilli()

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.

Perrinites hilli Smith 1903
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Invalid names: Perrinites beedei Plummer and Scott 1937 [synonym], Perrinites kempae Plummer and Scott 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1844.539.053.042.57.29
shell diameter1844.46.50133.059.338.1
shell inflation187.476.4010.06.502.05

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 Kungurian to the top of the Roadian or 279.30000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections (83 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3USA (Texas) Perrinites hilli (113201)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Belize Perrinites hilli (209334)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (New Mexico) Perrinites hilli (113183)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Venezuela (Merida) Perrinites hilli (41508)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Belize (Cayo) Perrinites hilli (209335)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Oklahoma) Perrinites hilli (90741 90742 90743)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Mexico (Chiapas) Perrinites hilli (179301)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Colombia Perrinites hilli (40949 119258 119259 119260 119261)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (California) Perrinites hilli (120712)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Perrinites hilli (43491 43497 43574 43602 44519 44563 44751 82080 90740 90745 90746 90747 90749 90750 90751 101785 105584 105808 105926 105931 106024 106025 106026 106027 106028 106110 106114 106128 106140 106141 106155 106168 113130 113132 113190 113192 113194 113195 113198 113200 113203 113204 113213 113214 113215 113216 113218 113219 113223 113224 113264 149780 150244 150555) Perrinites kempae (81134) Perrinites sp. (128588) Waagenoceras hilli (type locality: 128589)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Mexico (Coahuila) Perrinites hilli (62926 63101 63102)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Arizona) Perrinites hilli (113119 113125)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Thailand Perrinites hilli (132473)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Idaho) Perrinites hilli (113122)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Perrinites hilli (43512 43563 102616 106143)