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 consequius 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), Morocco (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (5: Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri), Uzbekistan (4)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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