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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).

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
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1612.57.5019.013.32.85
shell diameter1623.914.336.025.25.46
shell inflation160.1080.0017.000.9502.08

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Famennian to the top of the Middle Famennian or 372.15000 to 365.20000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Kazakhstan P. delphinus, P. ellipticus (172154) P. nanus (172155)
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2Russian Federation (Chelyabinsk) P. delphinus, P. ellipticus (172158) P. delphinus, P. nanus (172157)
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2Kazakhstan (Chelyabinsk) P. delphinus, P. nanus, P. aktubensis, P. auriformis, P. ellipticus (172159)
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2Poland (Swietokrzyskie) P. sp. (135750)
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2Kazakhstan P. delphinus, P. aktubensis, P. auriformis, P. ellipticus (172163) P. delphinus, P. auriformis, P. ellipticus (172156) P. fabaeformis (172162)