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Prolecanites librovitchi

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Prolecanitidae

Taxonomy
Rhipaeocanites librovitchi was named by Ruzhentsev (1949). Its type specimen is PIN 455/1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Prolecanites librovitchi by Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya (1971).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Rhipaeocanites librovitchi Ruzhentsev p. 737 figs. Pl 1, figs 1a-d, 2a, 3a
1971Prolecanites librovitchi Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya p. 129 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-4; text-figs 6, 7a

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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
specieslibrovitchi(Ruzhentsev 1949)

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 librovitchi Ruzhentsev 1949
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height59.646.0017.89.104.43
shell diameter529.520.049.527.011.1
shell inflation512.99.0019.012.03.73

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: base of the Brigantian to the top of the Pendleian or 336.00000 to 327.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9Kazakhstan Prolecanites librovitchi (166867)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Prolecanites librovitchi (191378)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0Kazakhstan Prolecanites librovitchi (8421 166865 166873 type locality: 166874 166875 166876 166877 166886 166887)