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Prolecanites lyoni

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Prolecanitidae

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).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Goniatites hyas Hall p. 102 fig. 17,18
1860Goniatites lyoni Meek and Worthen pp. 471-472
1866Goniatites lyoni Meek and Worthen pp. 165-166 figs. pl. 14 f. 11a-c
1903Prolecanites lyoni Smith p. 54 figs. Pl 16, fig 18; pl 19, figs 9-11
1963Protocanites lyoni Campbell and Engel pp. 79-81 figs. pl. 5 f. 10-12; txt. f. 5
1964Protocanites lyoni Gordon p. 283 figs. Pl 23, fig 21; text-figs 94A,B
1986Prolecanites lyoni Gordon p. 12 figs. 4.1-4.3, 4.5-4.17, 5.1-5.5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderProlecanitidaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyProlecanitoidea()
familyProlecanitidaeHyatt 1884
genusProlecanitesMojsisovics 1882
specieslyoni()

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
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height27.045.509.007.252.47
shell diameter221.217.026.421.76.65
shell inflation211.19.3013.211.22.76

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: 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
Hastarian358.86 - 353.7Australia (New South Wales) Protocanites lyoni (75621)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Indiana) Protocanites lyoni (5596)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Kentucky) Protocanites lyoni (5508)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Arkansas) Protocanites lyoni (157674)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9Australia (New South Wales) Protocanites lyoni (75614 75620 75622)
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)