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Prosicanites papuanus

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae

Taxonomy
Sicanites papuanus was named by Smith (1927). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Prosicanites papuanus by Leonova (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Sicanites papuanus Smith
2002Prosicanites papuanus 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
speciespapuanus(Smith 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.

†Prosicanites papuanus Smith 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: Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4Indonesia Prosicanites papuanus (39614)