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Prionites
Taxonomy
Prionites was named by Waagen (1895) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Olen-l Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is the type genus of Prionitidae.
It was assigned to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Prionitidae by Spath (1934), Tozer (1994), Jattiot et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Prionitidae by Spath (1934), Tozer (1994), Jattiot et al. (2020).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1895 | Prionites Waagen p. 52 |
| 1934 | Prionites Spath |
| 1994 | Prionites Tozer p. 79 |
| 2002 | Prionites Sepkoski |
| 2020 | Prionites Jattiot et al. |
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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. †Prionites Waagen 1895
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†Prionites arenarius Waagen 1895
†Prionites hollandi McLearn 1945
†Prionites involutus Brühwiler et al. 2010
†Prionites markevichi Zakharov and Smyshlyaeva 2013
†Prionites nammalensis Brühwiler and Bucher 2012
†Prionites subtuberculatus Zakharov and Smyshlyaeva 2013
†Prionites trapezoidalis Waagen 1895
†Prionites tuberculatus Waagen 1895
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Invalid names: Prionites armatus Welter 1922 [synonym], Prionites elegans Welter 1922 [synonym], Prionites laevis Welter 1922 [synonym], Prionites lingnatus Waagen 1895 [synonym], Prionites undatus Waagen 1895 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 22 | 25.7 | 9.00 | 59.0 | 28.5 | 14.1 | |
| shell diameter | 22 | 53.4 | 15.6 | 132.0 | 60.2 | 29.0 | |
| shell inflation | 22 | 12.0 | 2.00 | 35.0 | 16.0 | 8.97 |
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Collections (46 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Dienerian | India (Kashmir) | P. undatus (115379) | |
| Smithian | Pakistan | P. arenarius (143642) P. lingnatus (143639) P. nammalensis (139068 139069) P. trapezoidalis (143643) P. tuberculatus (139070 139071 139072 139429) P. tuberculatus, P. undatus (143638) | |
| Smithian | China (Xizang) | P. involutus (97342 97344 229721 229769 229770 229771 229772) P. involutus, P. tuberculatus (229767 229795) P. sp. (229762 229763 229764) P. tuberculatus (229765 229766) | |
| Smithian | Russian Federation | P. markevichi (234656) P. sp. (168039) P. subtuberculatus (168042 168044 168046 214552) P. subtuberculatus, P. markevichi (168047 168049 214551) | |
| Smithian | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | P. tuberculatus (120298) | |
| Smithian | Canada (Nunavut) | P. hollandi (103401) | |
| Smithian | India (Himachal Pradesh) | P. sp. (139618 139621) | |
| Smithian | Indonesia (Timor) | P. laevis, P. armatus (205181) P. laevis, P. elegans (205629) | |
| Smithian | Canada (British Columbia) | P. hollandi (61940 137498 137500) | |
| Smithian | Oman | P. sp. (127392) | |
| Smithian | Australia (Western Australia) | P. sp. (48607) | |
| Olenekian | Indonesia | P. laevis (214983) |