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Protocanitinae
Taxonomy
Protocanitinae was named by Weyer (1972). Its type is Protocanites.
It was assigned to Prolecanitidae by Korn (2006), Furnish et al. (2009), Ebbighausen et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Prolecanitidae by Korn (2006), Furnish et al. (2009), Ebbighausen et al. (2010).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1972 | Protocanitinae Weyer |
| 2006 | Protocanitinae Korn |
| 2009 | Protocanitinae Furnish et al. p. 188 |
| 2010 | Protocanitinae Ebbighausen et al. p. 198 |
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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.
Subfm. †Protocanitinae Weyer 1972
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G. †Merocanites Schindewolf 1922
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†Merocanites applanatus Frech 1899
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Invalid names: Merocanites subhenslowi Wagner-Gentis 1964 [synonym], Prolecanites holzapfeli Frech 1902 [synonym]
†Merocanites compressus Sowerby 1813
†Merocanites djaprakensis Librovitch 1927
†Merocanites drostei Collinson 1955
†Merocanites henslowi Sowerby 1820
†Merocanites houghtoni Winchell 1862
†Merocanites merocanites Ebbighausen et al. 2010
†Merocanites ogivalis Pareyn 1961
†Merocanites planorbis Delepine 1941
†Merocanites quadrilobus Riley 1996
†Merocanites rileyi Work and Nassichuk 2000
†Merocanites similis Crick 1895
†Merocanites subapplanatus Smyth 1951
†Merocanites tenuis Sheng 1984
G. †Protocanites Schmidt 1922
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†Protocanites australis Delépine 1941
†Protocanites hollardi Korn et al. 2002
†Protocanites supradevonicus Schindewolf 1923
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Famennian to the top of the Osagean or 365.20000 to 342.90000 Ma
Collections (26 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Famennian | USA (Missouri) | Protocanites louisianensis (6027 6029) | |
| Hastarian | Australia (New South Wales) | Protocanites australis (75621) | |
| Kinderhookian | Australia (New South Wales) | Protocanites australis (75614 75620 75622) | |
| Tournaisian | Uzbekistan | Merocanites djaprakensis (172405 172417) Merocanites sp. (172419) | |
| Tournaisian | Morocco | Protocanites hollardi (66202 66203) | |
| Hastarian - Chadian | Australia (New South Wales) | Merocanites houghtoni (119337) | |
| Tournaisian - Visean | Uzbekistan | Merocanites djaprakensis (172410) | |
| Mississippian | USA (Indiana) | Protocanites sp. (224231) | |
| Osagean | USA (California) | Protocanitinae indet. (225977) | |
| Osagean | USA (Indiana) | Merocanites sp., Protocanites sp. (551) | |
| Osagean | USA (Kentucky) | Merocanites sp. (59889 59891) | |
| Chadian | USA (Kentucky) | Cantabricanites greenei (54182) | |
| Chadian | United Kingdom (England) | Merocanites applanatus (5961) Merocanites quadrilobus (233514) | |
| Chadian | USA (Missouri) | Merocanites drostei (160516) | |
| Chadian | Algeria | Merocanites merocanites (224275) | |
| Chadian - Arundian | USA (Kentucky) | Merocanites sp. (562) | |
| Holkerian | United Kingdom (England) | Merocanites applanatus (233464) | |
| Visean | Spain (León) | Merocanites applanatus (235573) |