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Peritrochia

Peritrochia is an extinct genus of ammonite belonging to the order Goniatitida and family Vidrioceratidae. Specimens have been recovered from Permian beds in North America and East Timor.

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Length
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Peritrochia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Family: Vidrioceratidae
Genus: Peritrochia
Girty 1908
Species

P. erebus Girty 19081

Peritrochia is an extinct genus of ammonite belonging to the order Goniatitida and family Vidrioceratidae.2 Specimens have been recovered from Permian beds in North America3 and East Timor.4

References

References

  1. Girty, G.H. (1908). "The Guadalupian Fauna". U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. 58. doi:10.3133/pp58.
  2. Leonova, T. B. (May 2018). "Revision of the Late Paleozoic Family Vidrioceratidae Plummer et Scott (Ammonoidea)". Paleontological Journal. 52 (3): 234–244. doi:10.1134/S0031030118030073.
  3. Miller, A. K. (1945). "Some exceptional Permian ammonoids from west Texas". Journal of Paleontology. 19 (1): 14–21. JSTOR 1299163.
  4. Wanner, J. (1 January 1956). "Stratigraphy of Portuguese Timor". Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft. 108 (1): 109–140. doi:10.1127/zdgg/108/1956/109.