Biology:Paraperrinitinae

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Short description: Extinct subfamily of molluscs

Paraperrinitinae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
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.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7135641 entry