Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Prolecanitidae
Alternative spelling: Prolecanites (Merocanites)
Parent taxon: Protocanitinae according to V. Ebbighausen et al. 2010
See also Furnish et al. 2009, Konovalova 2015, Korn 2006 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cantabricanites, Protocanites
Subtaxa: Merocanites applanatus Merocanites compressus Merocanites djaprakensis Merocanites drostei Merocanites henslowi Merocanites houghtoni Merocanites merocanites Merocanites ogivalis Merocanites planorbis Merocanites quadrilobus Merocanites rileyi Merocanites similis Merocanites subapplanatus Merocanites tenuis
Type: Ellipsolithes compressus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Algeria (1 collection), Australia (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (5: Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri), Uzbekistan (4)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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