Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Prolecanitidae
Alternative combinations: Goniatites lyoni, Protocanites lyoni
Synonym: Goniatites hyas Hall 1860
Full reference: F. B. Meek and A. H. Worthen. 1860. Description of new Carboniferous fossils from Illinois and other western states. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12:447-472
Belongs to Prolecanites according to M., Jr. Gordon 1986
See also Campbell and Engel 1963, Gordon 1964, Meek and Worthen 1860, Meek and Worthen 1866 and Smith 1903
Sister taxa: Prolecanites americanus, Prolecanites compactus, Prolecanites discoides, Prolecanites dollei, Prolecanites gurleyi, Prolecanites hesteri, Prolecanites kiaensis, Prolecanites librovitchi, Prolecanites louisianensis, Prolecanites maeandricus, Prolecanites mapesi, Prolecanites marshallensis, Prolecanites mixolobus, Prolecanites mojsisovicsi, Prolecanites monroensis, Prolecanites perfectus, Prolecanites postapplanatus, Prolecanites primitivus, Prolecanites serpentinus, Prolecanites stevanovici
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 21.2
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Australia (4 collections), United States (16: Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Nevada, Utah)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
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