Paraperrinitinae

Taxobox
name = Paraperrinitinae
fossil_range =


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Cephalopoda
subclassis = Ammonoidea
ordo = Goniatitida
subordo = Goniatitina
superfamilia = Shumarditaceae
familia = Perrinitidae
subfamilia = Paraperrinitinae
familia_authority = Tharalson 1984
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =
* Mapirites
* Metaperrinites
* Nepirrites
* Paraperrinites
* Perrimetanites
* Properrinites
* Ripernites
* Shyndoceras

Paraperrinitinae is one of two subfamilies of the Perrinitidae superfamily. 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