Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Prolecanitidae
Full reference: D. Korn and V. Ebbighausen. 2006. Taxonomic names, in The Visean sedimentary succession at the Gara el Itima (Anti-Atlas, Morocco) and its ammonoid faunas. Fossil Record 9:3-60
Belongs to Prolecanites according to D. Korn and V. Ebbighausen 2006
Sister taxa: Prolecanites americanus, Prolecanites compactus, Prolecanites discoides, Prolecanites dollei, Prolecanites gurleyi, Prolecanites hesteri, Prolecanites kiaensis, Prolecanites librovitchi, Prolecanites louisianensis, Prolecanites lyoni, Prolecanites maeandricus, Prolecanites marshallensis, Prolecanites mixolobus, Prolecanites mojsisovicsi, Prolecanites monroensis, Prolecanites perfectus, Prolecanites postapplanatus, Prolecanites primitivus, Prolecanites serpentinus, Prolecanites stevanovici
Type specimen: MfN MB.C.9080.1, a shell. Its type locality is GI-B, Gara el Itima, which is in a Brigantian basinal (siliciclastic) shale in the Hamou-Rhanem Formation of Morocco.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 32.9
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Morocco (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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