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Prolecanitoidea

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Prolecanitacea Hyatt
1989Prolecanitacea Leonova p. 77
2000Prolecanitacea Titus p. 16
2002Prolecanitacea Leonova
2006Prolecanitacea Korn
2009Prolecanitoidea Furnish et al. p. 186
2016Prolecanitacea Korn and Sudar p. 216
2017Prolecanitoidea Zhou p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderProlecanitidaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyProlecanitoidea()
superfamilyProlecanitoidea()

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.

Superfm. †Prolecanitoidea Hyatt 1884
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Fm. †Daraelitidae Tchernow 1907
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G. †Boesites Miller and Furnish 1940
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Subg. †Boesites (Eoboesites) Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1978
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†Boesites (Eoboesites) asianus Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1978
†Boesites (Eoboesites) scotti Miller and Furnish 1940
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Invalid names: Paraprolecanites sandbergeri Plummer and Scott 1937 [replaced]
†Boesites aktubensis Bogoslovskaya and Popov 1986
†Boesites biconcavus Ehiro and Ozawa 2020
†Boesites eotexanus Wagner-Gentis 1971
†Boesites eurinus Leonova 1992
†Boesites girtyi Plummer and Scott 1937
†Boesites gracilis Nassichuk 1975
†Boesites intercalaris Ruzhentsev 1978
†Boesites kingi Plummer and Scott 1937
†Boesites primoris Ruzhentsev 1950
†Boesites serotinus Ruzhentsev 1951
†Boesites texanus Böse 1919
Subfm. †Dalaelitinae Tschernow 1907
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G. †Eoboesites Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1978
G. †Daraelites Gemmellaro 1887
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†Daraelites elegans Tchernow 1907
†Daraelites leonardensis Miller and Furnish 1940
†Daraelites meeki Gemmellaro 1887
†Daraelites pamiricus Toumanskaya 1949
†Daraelites submeeki Haniel 1915
†Daraelites vozginensis Leonova 1992
G. †Epicanites Schindewolf 1926
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†Epicanites culmiensis Kobold 1933
†Epicanites dangeardi Pareyn 1961
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Invalid names: Praedaraelites simulans Kullmann 1962 [synonym]
†Epicanites discoidalis Kullmann 1963
†Epicanites divergens Kullmann 1963
†Epicanites hamianensis Korn and Ebbighausen 2006
†Epicanites praecursor Fromaget 1931
†Epicanites saharensis Pareyn 1961
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Invalid names: Praedaraelites postculmiensis Kullmann 1962 [synonym]
†Epicanites sandbergeri Schmidt 1925
Subfm. †Epicanitinae Weyer 1965
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G. †Librovitchites Andrianov 1985
G. †Praedaraelites Schindewolf 1934
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†Praedaraelites aktubensis Ruzhentsev 1949
†Praedaraelites loeblichi Miller and Furnish 1940
Fm. †Prolecanitidae Hyatt 1884
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G. †Dombarocanites Ruzhencev 1949
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†Dombarocanites catillus Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1971
†Dombarocanites chancharensis Ruzhentsev 1949
†Dombarocanites masoni Gordon, Jr. 1964
†Dombarocanites warreni Sellers and Furnish 1960
G. †Prolecanites Mojsisovics 1882
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†Prolecanites americanus Miller and Garner 1953
†Prolecanites compactus Meek and Worthen 1865
†Prolecanites discoides Foord and Crick 1897
†Prolecanites dollei Librovitch 1960
†Prolecanites gurleyi Smith 1903
†Prolecanites hesteri Moore 1952
†Prolecanites kiaensis Ruzhentsev 1966
†Prolecanites librovitchi Ruzhentsev 1949
†Prolecanites lyoni Meek and Worthen 1860
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Invalid names: Goniatites hyas Hall 1860 [synonym]
†Prolecanites maeandricus Korn and Ebbighausen 2006
†Prolecanites mapesi Korn and Ebbighausen 2006
†Prolecanites marshallensis Winchell 1862
†Prolecanites mixolobus Phillips 1836
†Prolecanites monroensis Worthen 1890
†Prolecanites perfectus Schmidt 1925
†Prolecanites postapplanatus Kullmann 1963
†Prolecanites primitivus Kullmann 1963
†Prolecanites serpentinus Phillips 1836
†Prolecanites stevanovici Korn and Sudar 2016
Invalid names: Rhipaeocanites Ruzhentsev 1949 [synonym]
Subfm. †Prolecanitinae Hyatt 1884
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G. †Becanites Korn 1997
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†Becanites abnobensis Vöhringer 1960
†Becanites africanus Korn et al. 2003
†Becanites inflateralis Korn et al. 2010
G. †Eocanites Librovitch 1957
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†Eocanites dkorni Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen 2006
†Eocanites rtbeckeri Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen 2006
†Eocanites simplex Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen 2006
G. †Katacanites Kullmann 1963
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†Katacanites quadratoides Kullmann 1963
G. †Metacanites Schindewolf 1922
G. †Michiganites Ruzhencev 1962
Subfm. †Protocanitinae Weyer 1972
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G. †Cantabricanites Weyer 1965
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†Cantabricanites greenei Miller 1892
G. †Merocanites Schindewolf 1922
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†Merocanites applanatus Frech 1899
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Invalid names: Merocanites subhenslowi Wagner-Gentis 1964 [synonym], Prolecanites holzapfeli Frech 1902 [synonym]
†Merocanites compressus Sowerby 1813
†Merocanites djaprakensis Librovitch 1927
†Merocanites drostei Collinson 1955
†Merocanites henslowi Sowerby 1820
†Merocanites houghtoni Winchell 1862
†Merocanites merocanites Ebbighausen et al. 2010
†Merocanites ogivalis Pareyn 1961
†Merocanites planorbis Delepine 1941
†Merocanites rileyi Work and Nassichuk 2000
†Merocanites similis Crick 1895
†Merocanites tenuis Sheng 1984
G. †Protocanites Schmidt 1922
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†Protocanites australis Delépine 1941
†Protocanites hollardi Korn et al. 2002
†Protocanites supradevonicus Schindewolf 1923
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: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Famennian to the top of the Wordian or 365.20000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (236 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86USA (Missouri) Prolecanites sp., Protocanites louisianensis (6027) Protocanites louisianensis (6029)
Hastarian358.86 - 353.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Eocanites nodosus, Eocanites supradevonicus, Eocanites brevis, Eocanites planus, Eocanites tener, Eocanites spiratissimus (38646)
Hastarian358.86 - 353.7Russian Federation (Orenburg) Eocanites nuraensis (5821)
Hastarian358.86 - 353.7Australia (New South Wales) Protocanites australis, Protocanites lyoni (75621)
Hastarian358.86 - 353.7Austria Eocanites planus, Eocanites spiratissimus (38612) Eocanites spiratissimus (38615 38616)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Kentucky) Protocanites lyoni (5508)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9Australia (New South Wales) Protocanites australis, Protocanites lyoni (75614 75620 75622)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Arkansas) Protocanites lyoni (157674)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Indiana) Protocanites lyoni (5596)
Kinderhookian - Ivorian358.86 - 346.7USA (Idaho) Protocanites lyoni (6234)
Kinderhookian - Ivorian358.86 - 346.7USA (Utah) Protocanites lyoni (6218)
Kinderhookian - Ivorian358.86 - 346.7USA (Nevada) Protocanites lyoni (6216 6217 6224 6225 6226 6228 6232 6237 6238 6239 6240)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Germany (Thuringen) Eocanites sp. (38662)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Uzbekistan Becanites sp. (172401) Merocanites djaprakensis (172405 172417) Merocanites sp. (172419)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Morocco Becanites africanus (66200 66201) Eocanites dkorni (66285) Eocanites rtbeckeri, Eocanites dkorni (66287) Eocanites simplex (66270) Eocanites sp. (66204) Eocanites sp., Protocanites hollardi (66203) Protocanites hollardi (66202)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Chile Eocanites sp. (34753)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7China (Xinjiang) Becanites sp. (172429)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Germany Becanites abnobensis (232823) Eocanites nodosus (64681)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Algeria Becanites inflateralis (135397 135398 135407 135433 135436 135448 135478)
Hastarian - Chadian358.86 - 339.9Australia (New South Wales) Merocanites houghtoni (119337)
Tournaisian - Visean358.86 - 330.3Uzbekistan Merocanites djaprakensis (172410)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (Indiana) Protocanites sp. (224231)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (California) Protocanitinae indet. (225977)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Kentucky) Merocanites sp. (59889 59891)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Indiana) Merocanites sp., Protocanites sp. (551)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9Algeria Merocanites merocanites (224275)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9United Kingdom (England) Merocanites applanatus (5961) Merocanites quadrilobus (233514)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9USA (Missouri) Merocanites drostei (160516)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9USA (Kentucky) Cantabricanites greenei (54182)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9USA (Kentucky) Merocanites sp. (562)
Holkerian346.7 - 339.9United Kingdom (England) Merocanites applanatus (233464)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Australia (New South Wales) Prolecanites sp. (5603)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Spain (León) Merocanites applanatus (235573)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Serbia Prolecanites stevanovici (177502 177503 177504 177505 177508 177509 177510 177511 177512 177513)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Morocco Merocanites consequius (239969) Prolecanites maeandricus (61436) Prolecanites sp. (177528 177536)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Bosnia and Herzegovina Prolecanites henslowi (206737)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9United Kingdom (England) Prolecanites discoides, Prolecanites serpentinus (69304) Prolecanites sp. (5966)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9USA (Utah) Praedaraelites loeblichi (134499 134501 134645)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3USA (Utah) Praedaraelites loeblichi (134614)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3USA (Nevada) Praedaraelites loeblichi (134450)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Morocco Epicanites hamianensis (157740 157743) Epicanites sp., Prolecanites sp. (61443) Prolecanites mapesi, Epicanites hamianensis (157741 157742 157749) Prolecanites sp. (61438)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Prolecanites librovitchi (191378) Prolecanitidae indet. (191376)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Kazakhstan Dombarocanites chancharensis (166870) Dombarocanites chancharensis, Epicanites aktubensis (166868 166869 166871 166872) Prolecanites librovitchi, Dombarocanites chancharensis (166867)
Brigantian - Pendleian335.9 - 326.9Serbia Dombarocanites catillus (177515 177516 177519) Praedaraelites aktubensis (177518 177522)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Dombarocanites chancharensis, Epicanites aktubensis (166952) Epicanites aktubensis (166951)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9Kazakhstan Dombarocanites chancharensis (166893) Dombarocanites chancharensis, Dombarocanites catillus, Epicanites aktubensis (166866 166878 166879 166880 166881 166882 166884 166885 166888 166891 166892 166895) Dombarocanites chancharensis, Dombarocanites catillus, Praedaraelites aktubensis (166894) Dombarocanites chancharensis, Epicanites aktubensis (166889) Epicanites aktubensis (166897) Prolecanites librovitchi, Dombarocanites chancharensis, Dombarocanites catillus, Epicanites aktubensis (166865 166877 166886) Prolecanites librovitchi, Dombarocanites chancharensis, Epicanites aktubensis (8421 166873 166874 166875 166876 166887)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9Russian Federation (Orenburg) Dombarocanites catillus, Epicanites aktubensis (166944) Dombarocanites chancharensis (166930) Dombarocanites chancharensis, Dombarocanites catillus (166475) Dombarocanites sp., Epicanites aktubensis (166941) Epicanites aktubensis (166945)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4Russian Federation Epicanites sp. (236653 236658)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Dombarocanites sp., Prolecanites sp., Epicanites aktubensis (191381) Epicanites aktubensis (191384)
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Dombarocanites catillus, Epicanites aktubensis (166954) Dombarocanites chancharensis (166953)
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6USA (California) Dombarocanites masoni (220593) Prolecanites sp. (217087)
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6Kazakhstan Epicanites aktubensis (166899)
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6Russian Federation (Orenburg) Epicanites aktubensis (166938 166946 166947)
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6Tajikistan Epicanites sp. (166972)
Alportian322.8 - 321.8Tajikistan Epicanites sp. (68258)
Kinderscoutian321.8 - 321.3Russian Federation Epicanites sp. (67746 67769)
Marsdenian321.3 - 320.0Russian Federation Epicanites sp. (67773 68190)
Yeadonian320.0 - 318.7Uzbekistan Boesites asianus (38723)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Arkansas) Boesites scotti (170866)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Oklahoma) Pronorites sp. (90784)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Texas) Boesites sp., Paraprolecanites sandbergeri, Boesites scotti (79328) Paraprolecanites sandbergeri (128576)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Canada (Nunavut) Boesites sp. (62696 170709 170724)
Myachkovian308.9 - 307.0Spain (Palencia) Boesites eotexanus (176368)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Oklahoma) Boesites girtyi (170916)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Canada (Nunavut) Boesites sp. (117189)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Kazakhstan Boesites primoris (81345 81348) Boesites sp. (81350)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Boesites sp. (105974) Boesites texanus (43455 43483 43485) Daraelites texanus (128581 128585 128622)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Boesites primoris (172290)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Russian Federation Boesites primoris (172256 172260 172266 172268 172269 172270 172272)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Boesites texanus (44351)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Japan Boesites biconcavus (214599)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Tajikistan Boesites intercalaris (102491)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52China (Guangxi) Boesites intercalaris (95829)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Texas) Boesites sp. (43482)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Kazakhstan Boesites aktubensis (81361)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Tajikistan Boesites eurinus (130221)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Nevada) Daraelites leonardensis (97272)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Texas) Daraelites kingi (128621)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Texas) Daraelites kingi (43568 105720)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Kazakhstan Daraelites elegans (102148 117790 125114 125116 125117)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Daraelites elegans (125108 125121)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Russian Federation Daraelites elegans (111239 116790 116797 125105 125128)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Kazakhstan (Aqtobe) Daraelites elegans (125130 125132)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Tajikistan Daraelites vozginensis (130222)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3China (Guangxi) Daraelites elegans (185586)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3China (Guizhou) Daraelites elegans (185542)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Russian Federation (Orenburg) Daraelites elegans (125109 125110)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Daraelites leonardensis (113229)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Tajikistan Daraelites pamiricus (111256 111260 111262 111279 111283 111289 111378 111382 177979 177981 177982 177983 177984)
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28Indonesia Daraelites submeeki (43098)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Daraelites meeki (108566 233340)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Iraq (Arbil) Daraelites meeki (82851)