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Perrinitidae ✝
| Description | Perrinitidae is one of three families of the Shumarditoidea superfamily. They are an extinct group of ammonoid, which are shelled cephalopods related to squids, belemnites, octopuses, and cuttlefish, and more distantly to the nautiloids. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perrinitidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Perrinitidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Goniatitida : Perrinitidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Perrinitidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 299 - 296 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 269 - 265 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Ammonoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Goniatitida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. K. Miller and W. M. Furnish. 1940. Permian ammonoids of the Guadalupe Mountain region and adjacent area. Geological Society of America Special Paper 26:1-242 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perrinitidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Paraperrinitinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Perrinitinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Metaperrinites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 91 | 296 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian | |
| Perrinites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 119 | 290 Ma Permian | 272 Ma Permian | |
| Properrinites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 34 | 299 Ma Carboniferous | 290 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1940 | Perrinitidae Miller and Furnish p. 137 |
| 1984 | Perrinitidae Tharalson p. 807 |
| 1989 | Perrinitidae Leonova p. 129 |
| 2006 | Perrinitidae Korn |
| 2009 | Perrinitidae Furnish et al. p. 140 |
| 2017 | Perrinitidae Zhou p. 56 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
