Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Prolecanitidae
Parent taxon: Prolecanitacea according to D. Korn and M. N. Sudar 2016
See also Furnish et al. 2009, Korn 2006 and Titus 2000
Sister taxon: Daraelitidae
Subtaxa: Dombarocanites Prolecanites Prolecanitinae Protocanitinae
Type: Prolecanites
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Algeria (8 collections), Australia (6), Austria (3), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Chile (1), China (1), Germany (4), Kazakhstan (30), Morocco (17), the Russian Federation (11), Serbia (13), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (26: Arkansas, California, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Nevada, Utah), Uzbekistan (5)
• Devonian of United States (2: Missouri)
Total: 134 collections including 177 occurrences