†subfamily Protocanitinae Weyer 1972 (ammonite)
Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Prolecanitidae
Parent taxon: Prolecanitidae according to V. Ebbighausen et al. 2010
See also Furnish et al. 2009 and Korn 2006
Sister taxa: Dombarocanites, Prolecanites, Prolecanitinae
Subtaxa: Cantabricanites Merocanites Protocanites
Type: Protocanites
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Algeria (1 collection), Australia (5), Morocco (2), the United Kingdom (3), United States (8: California, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri), Uzbekistan (4)
• Devonian of United States (2: Missouri)
Total: 25 collections including 26 occurrences