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Prosicanites edelsteini

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae

Taxonomy
Prosicanites edelsteini was named by Toumansky (1937). It is not extant. It is the type species of Prosicanites.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Prosicanites edelsteini Toumansky
2002Prosicanites edelsteini Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderProlecanitidaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyMedlicottioidea(Karpinsky 1889)
familyMedlicottiidae
subfamilySicanitinaeNoetling 1904
genusProsicanitesToumansky 1937
speciesedelsteiniToumansky 1937

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.

Prosicanites edelsteini Toumansky 1937
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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
Collections
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