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†Prolecanites serpentinus Phillips 1836 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Prolecanitidae

Alternative combination: Goniatites serpentinus

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 librovitchi, Prolecanites lyoni, Prolecanites maeandricus, Prolecanites mapesi, Prolecanites marshallensis, Prolecanites mixolobus, Prolecanites mojsisovicsi, Prolecanites monroensis, Prolecanites perfectus, Prolecanites postapplanatus, Prolecanites primitivus, Prolecanites stevanovici

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cowlow Nick Goniatite Bed (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

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