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Merocanites djaprakensis

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Prolecanitidae

Taxonomy
Prolecanites (Merocanites) djaprakensis was named by Librovitch (1927).

It was recombined as Merocanites djaprakensis by Ebbighausen et al. (2010), Konovalova (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Prolecanites (Merocanites) djaprakensis Librovitch p. 38 figs. Pl 7, figs 5-9
2010Merocanites djaprakensis Ebbighausen et al. p. 198
2015Merocanites djaprakensis Konovalova p. 372 figs. 4c, 5b,c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderProlecanitidaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyProlecanitoidea()
familyProlecanitidaeHyatt 1884
subfamilyProtocanitinaeWeyer 1972
genusMerocanitesSchindewolf 1922
speciesdjaprakensis(Librovitch 1927)

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.

Merocanites djaprakensis Librovitch 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Tournaisian or 358.86000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Uzbekistan Merocanites djaprakensis (172405 172417)
Tournaisian - Visean358.86 - 330.3Uzbekistan Merocanites djaprakensis (172410)