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Prosicanites minutus

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae

Taxonomy
Prosicanites minutus was named by Leonova (1992). Its type specimen is PIN 4240/28 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vozgina River, sample 58/2, Darvaz Range, which is in an Artinskian carbonate limestone in the Chelamchin Formation of Tajikistan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Prosicanites minutus Leonova p. 124 figs. Pl 29, figs 12, 13
2002Prosicanites minutus Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderProlecanitidaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyMedlicottioidea(Karpinsky 1889)
familyMedlicottiidae
subfamilySicanitinaeNoetling 1904
genusProsicanitesToumansky 1937
speciesminutus

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.

Prosicanites minutus Leonova 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height25.495.105.905.500.566
shell diameter212.511.713.412.61.20

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 2004, Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Tajikistan Prosicanites minutus (111383 type locality: 130227 130228)