†subfamily Prolecanitinae Hyatt 1884 (ammonite)
Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Prolecanitidae
Full reference: A. Hyatt. 1884. Genera of fossil cephalopods. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 22:253-338
Parent taxon: Prolecanitidae according to W. M. Furnish et al. 2009
See also Korn 2006
Sister taxa: Dombarocanites, Prolecanites, Protocanitinae
Subtaxa: Becanites Eocanites Katacanites Metacanites Michiganites
Type: Prolecanites
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Algeria (7 collections), Austria (3), Chile (1), China (1), Germany (4), Morocco (7), the Russian Federation (1), Uzbekistan (1)
Total: 25 collections including 32 occurrences