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Prolecanites lyoni
Taxonomy
Goniatites lyoni was named by Meek and Worthen (1860). It is not a trace fossil.
It was recombined as Protocanites lyoni by Campbell and Engel (1963), Gordon (1964); it was recombined as Prolecanites lyoni by Smith (1903), Gordon (1986).
It was recombined as Protocanites lyoni by Campbell and Engel (1963), Gordon (1964); it was recombined as Prolecanites lyoni by Smith (1903), Gordon (1986).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1860 | Goniatites hyas Hall p. 102 fig. 17,18 |
| 1860 | Goniatites lyoni Meek and Worthen pp. 471-472 |
| 1866 | Goniatites lyoni Meek and Worthen pp. 165-166 figs. pl. 14 f. 11a-c |
| 1903 | Prolecanites lyoni Smith p. 54 figs. Pl 16, fig 18; pl 19, figs 9-11 |
| 1963 | Protocanites lyoni Campbell and Engel pp. 79-81 figs. pl. 5 f. 10-12; txt. f. 5 |
| 1964 | Protocanites lyoni Gordon p. 283 figs. Pl 23, fig 21; text-figs 94A,B |
| 1986 | Prolecanites lyoni Gordon p. 12 figs. 4.1-4.3, 4.5-4.17, 5.1-5.5 |
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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.
†Prolecanites lyoni Meek and Worthen 1860
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Invalid names: Goniatites hyas Hall 1860 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 2 | 7.04 | 5.50 | 9.00 | 7.25 | 2.47 | |
| shell diameter | 2 | 21.2 | 17.0 | 26.4 | 21.7 | 6.65 | |
| shell inflation | 2 | 11.1 | 9.30 | 13.2 | 11.2 | 2.76 |
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Hastarian or 358.86000 to 353.70000 Ma
Collections (20 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hastarian | Australia (New South Wales) | Protocanites lyoni (75621) | |
| Kinderhookian | USA (Indiana) | Protocanites lyoni (5596) | |
| Kinderhookian | USA (Kentucky) | Protocanites lyoni (5508) | |
| Kinderhookian | USA (Arkansas) | Protocanites lyoni (157674) | |
| Kinderhookian | Australia (New South Wales) | Protocanites lyoni (75614 75620 75622) | |
| Kinderhookian - Ivorian | USA (Idaho) | Protocanites lyoni (6234) | |
| Kinderhookian - Ivorian | USA (Utah) | Protocanites lyoni (6218) | |
| Kinderhookian - Ivorian | USA (Nevada) | Protocanites lyoni (6216 6217 6224 6225 6226 6228 6232 6237 6238 6239 6240) |