Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Prolecanitidae
Alternative combination: Rhipaeocanites librovitchi
Belongs to Prolecanites according to V. E. Ruzhentsev and M. F. Bogoslovskaya 1971
Sister taxa: Prolecanites americanus, Prolecanites compactus, Prolecanites discoides, Prolecanites dollei, Prolecanites gurleyi, Prolecanites hesteri, Prolecanites kiaensis, Prolecanites louisianensis, Prolecanites lyoni, Prolecanites maeandricus, Prolecanites mapesi, Prolecanites marshallensis, Prolecanites mixolobus, Prolecanites mojsisovicsi, Prolecanites monroensis, Prolecanites perfectus, Prolecanites postapplanatus, Prolecanites primitivus, Prolecanites serpentinus, Prolecanites stevanovici
Type specimen: PIN 455/1, a shell. Its type locality is Dombar Hills, sample 8, which is in a Pendleian carbonate limestone in Kazakhstan.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 29.5
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Kazakhstan (10 collections), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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