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Paraperrinitinae

Paraperrinitinae is one of two subfamilies of the Perrinitidae family. They are an extinct group of ammonoid, which are shelled cephalopods related to squids, belemnites, octopuses, and cuttlefish, and more distantly to the nautiloids.

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Paraperrinitinae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Family: Perrinitidae
Subfamily: Paraperrinitinae
Tharalson, 1984
Genera
  • Mapirites
  • Metaperrinites
  • Nepirrites
  • Paraperrinites
  • Perrimetanites
  • Properrinites
  • Ripernites
  • Shyndoceras

Paraperrinitinae is one of two subfamilies of the Perrinitidae family. They are an extinct group of ammonoid, which are shelled cephalopods related to squids, belemnites, octopuses, and cuttlefish, and more distantly to the nautiloids.

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