Perrinitidae

Taxobox
name = Perrinitidae
fossil_range =


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Cephalopoda
subclassis = Ammonoidea
ordo = Goniatitida
subordo = Goniatitina
superfamilia = Shumarditaceae
familia = Perrinitidae
familia_authority = Miller & Furnish 1940
subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies
subdivision =
* Paraperrinitinae
* Perrinitinae

Perrinitidae is one of three families of the Goniatitina suborder. They are an extinct group of ammonoid, which are shelled cephalopods related to squids, belemnites, octopi, and cuttlefish, and more distantly to the nautiloids.

References

* [http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl The Paleobiology Database] accessed on 10/01/07