Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Pronoritidae
Parent taxon: Pronoritinae according to Z. R. Zhou 2017
See also Furnish et al. 2009, Korn 2006, Leonova 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Megapronorites, Pronorites, Pseudopronorites, Stenopronorites, Tridentites
Subtaxa: Metapronorites angustus Metapronorites bifidus Metapronorites certus Metapronorites cuneilobatus Metapronorites ellesmerensis Metapronorites polaris Metapronorites pseudotimorensis Metapronorites timorensis Metapronorites vladimiri
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of China (3 collections), East Timor (1), Japan (2), the Russian Federation (2), Tajikistan (6)
• Carboniferous of Canada (18: Nunavut), Kazakhstan (2), the Russian Federation (1), United States (2: Texas)
Total: 37 collections including 38 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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