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Protocanites australis

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Prolecanitidae

Taxonomy
Protocanites australis was named by Delépine (1941). It is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Protocanites australis Delépine p. 389 figs. pl. 5 f. 5-6
1963Protocanites australis Campbell and Engel pp. 82-83 figs. pl. 5 f. 13-17; txt. f. 6-7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderProlecanitidaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyProlecanitoidea()
familyProlecanitidaeHyatt 1884
subfamilyProtocanitinaeWeyer 1972
genusProtocanitesSchmidt 1922
speciesaustralisDelépine 1941

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.

†Protocanites australis Delépine 1941
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:37:20
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:37:20
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Hastarian or 358.86000 to 353.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hastarian358.86 - 353.7Australia (New South Wales) Protocanites australis (75621)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9Australia (New South Wales) Protocanites australis (75614 75620 75622)