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 (16), the Russian Federation (11), Serbia and Montenegro (13), the United Kingdom (5), United States (26: Arkansas, California, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Nevada, Utah), Uzbekistan (5)
• Devonian of United States (2: Missouri)
Total: 132 collections including 175 occurrences