Propectinatites Cope 1968 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Full reference: J.C.W. Cope. 1968. Propectinatites, a new Lower Kimmeridgian ammonite genus. Palaeontology 11:16-18

Parent taxon: Virgatosphinctinae according to J.C.W. Cope 1968

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Anavirgatites, Aulacosphinctoides, Laugeites, Metagravesia, Nannostephanus, Nothostephanus, Pachysphinctes, Paraberriasella, Parapallasiceras, Phanerostephanus, Pseudinvoluticeras, Pseudoinvoluticeras, Subplanites, Torquatisphinctes, Virgatosphinctes, Wheatleyites

Subtaxa: Propectinatites websteri

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Type: Propectinatites websteri

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at West Bay-Lyme Bay, Portland (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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