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Prolobites

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Prolobitidae

Taxonomy
Prolobites was named by Karpinsky (1885) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fame-l D Fame-m Sepkoski's reference number: 302,457]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Prolobitidae by Arkell et al. (1957); to Anarcestida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Prolobitinae by Korn (2006).

Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by D. Korn on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Prolobites Karpinsky
1957Prolobites Arkell et al. p. 32
2002Prolobites Sepkoski
2006Prolobites Korn

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderTornoceratinaWedekind 1918
superfamilyDimeroceratoideaHyatt 1884
familyProlobitidaeWedekind 1913
subfamilyProlobitinaeWedekind 1913
genusProlobitesKarpinsky 1885

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Prolobites Karpinsky 1885
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Prolobites aktubensis Bogoslovsky 1969
Prolobites auriformis Bogoslovsky 1969
Prolobites delphinus Sandberger and Sandberger 1856
Prolobites ellipticus Wedekind 1908
Prolobites fabaeformis Bogoslovsky 1969
Prolobites inops Korn 2002
Prolobites nanus Perna 1914
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available