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Prolecanites mapesi

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Prolecanitidae

Taxonomy
Prolecanites mapesi was named by Korn and Ebbighausen (2006). Its type specimen is MfN MB.C.9080.1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GI-B, Gara el Itima, which is in a Brigantian basinal (siliciclastic) shale in the Hamou-Rhanem Formation of Morocco.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Prolecanites mapesi Korn and Ebbighausen p. 48 figs. 45, 46

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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
speciesmapesi

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 mapesi Korn and Ebbighausen 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1012.08.9017.311.22.72
shell diameter1032.924.447.330.17.56
shell inflation1012.59.3018.511.53.16

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: Brigantian or 336.00000 to 330.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9Morocco Prolecanites mapesi (157741 157742 157749)