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Peritrochia

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Peritrochia
Temporal range: Permian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Goniatitida
Family: Vidrioceratidae
Genus: Peritrochia
Girty 1908
Species

P. erebus Girty 1908[1]

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 America[3] and East Timor.[4]

References

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  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.