Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Perrinitidae
Alternative combination: Properrinites denhami
Full reference: 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
Belongs to Subperrinites according to T. B. Leonova 2002
See also Miller and Furnish 1940 and Tharalson 1984
Sister taxa: Properrinites boesei, Properrinites deroeveri, Properrinites dmitrievi, Properrinites gigantus, Properrinites nevadensis, Subperrinites furnishi, Subperrinites plummeri, Subperrinites mooreae, Subperrinites bakeri
Type specimen: SUI 1407, a shell. Its type locality is Pasotex Pipeline Road, Hueco Mountains, which is in a Sakmarian carbonate limestone in the Hueco Formation of Texas.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (3: Texas collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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