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Prolecanites
Taxonomy
Prolecanites was named by Mojsisovics (1882) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise-u C Serp-l Sepkoski's reference number: 304]. It is not extant. Its type is Prolecanites mojsisovicsi. It is the type genus of Prolecanitidae, Prolecanitacea, Prolecanitinae.
It was reranked as Goniatites (Prolecanites) by Etheridge (1894).
It was assigned to Goniatites by Etheridge (1894); to Prolecanitida by Sepkoski (2002); to Prolecanitinae by Korn (2006) and Furnish et al. (2009); and to Prolecanitidae by Korn and Sudar (2016).
It was reranked as Goniatites (Prolecanites) by Etheridge (1894).
It was assigned to Goniatites by Etheridge (1894); to Prolecanitida by Sepkoski (2002); to Prolecanitinae by Korn (2006) and Furnish et al. (2009); and to Prolecanitidae by Korn and Sudar (2016).
Species
P. americanus, P. compactus, P. discoides, P. dollei, P. gurleyi, P. hesteri, P. kiaensis, P. librovitchi, P. louisianensis, P. lyoni (syn. Goniatites hyas), P. maeandricus, P. mapesi, P. marshallensis, P. mixolobus, P. mojsisovicsi (type species), P. monroensis, P. perfectus, P. postapplanatus, P. primitivus, P. serpentinus, P. stevanovici
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1882 | Prolecanites Mojsisovics |
| 1894 | Goniatites (Prolecanites) Etheridge Jr. p. 36 |
| 1949 | Rhipaeocanites Ruzhentsev |
| 1964 | Prolecanites (Rhipaeocanites) Gordon, Jr. p. A22 |
| 2002 | Prolecanites Sepkoski |
| 2006 | Prolecanites Korn |
| 2009 | Prolecanites Furnish et al. p. 186 |
| 2016 | Prolecanites Korn and Sudar p. 216 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Prolecanites Mojsisovics 1882
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†Prolecanites americanus Miller and Garner 1953
†Prolecanites compactus Meek and Worthen 1865
†Prolecanites discoides Foord and Crick 1897
†Prolecanites dollei Librovitch 1960
†Prolecanites gurleyi Smith 1903
†Prolecanites hesteri Moore 1952
†Prolecanites kiaensis Ruzhentsev 1966
†Prolecanites librovitchi Ruzhentsev 1949
†Prolecanites louisianensis Rowley 1895
†Prolecanites maeandricus Korn and Ebbighausen 2006
†Prolecanites mapesi Korn and Ebbighausen 2006
†Prolecanites marshallensis Winchell 1862
†Prolecanites mixolobus Phillips 1836
†Prolecanites mojsisovicsi Miller 1938
†Prolecanites monroensis Worthen 1890
†Prolecanites perfectus Schmidt 1925
†Prolecanites postapplanatus Kullmann 1963
†Prolecanites primitivus Kullmann 1963
†Prolecanites serpentinus Phillips 1836
†Prolecanites stevanovici Korn and Sudar 2016
Invalid names: Rhipaeocanites Ruzhentsev 1949 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 19 | 11.1 | 5.50 | 22.7 | 10.9 | 4.25 | |
| shell diameter | 19 | 31.5 | 17.0 | 62.0 | 29.9 | 11.0 | |
| shell inflation | 19 | 13.0 | 9.00 | 24.8 | 12.0 | 4.06 |
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Age range: base of the Late/Upper Famennian to the top of the Pendleian or 364.70000 to 327.00000 Ma
Collections (55 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Famennian | USA (Missouri) | P. sp. (6027) | |
| Hastarian | Australia (New South Wales) | Protocanites lyoni (75621) | |
| Kinderhookian | USA (Kentucky) | Protocanites lyoni (5508) | |
| Kinderhookian | USA (Arkansas) | Protocanites lyoni (157674) | |
| Kinderhookian | USA (Indiana) | Protocanites lyoni (5596) | |
| Kinderhookian | Australia (New South Wales) | Protocanites lyoni (75614 75620 75622) | |
| Kinderhookian - Ivorian | USA (Idaho) | Protocanites lyoni (6234) | |
| Kinderhookian - Ivorian | USA (Nevada) | Protocanites lyoni (6216 6217 6224 6225 6226 6228 6232 6237 6238 6239 6240) | |
| Kinderhookian - Ivorian | USA (Utah) | Protocanites lyoni (6218) | |
| Visean | Australia (New South Wales) | P. sp. (5603) | |
| Asbian | Bosnia and Herzegovina | P. henslowi (206737) | |
| Asbian | United Kingdom (England) | P. discoides, P. serpentinus (69304) P. sp. (5966) | |
| Asbian | Serbia and Montenegro | P. stevanovici (177502 177503 177504 177505 177508 177509 177510 177511 177512 177513) | |
| Asbian | Morocco | P. maeandricus (61436) P. sp. (177528 177536) | |
| Brigantian | Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) | P. librovitchi (191378) | |
| Brigantian | Morocco | P. mapesi (157741 157742 157749) P. sp. (61438 61443) | |
| Brigantian | Kazakhstan | P. librovitchi (166867) | |
| Pendleian | Kazakhstan | P. librovitchi (8421 166865 166873 166874 166875 166876 166877 166886 166887) | |
| Serpukhovian | Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) | P. sp. (191381) |