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Prosicanites

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae

Taxonomy
Prosicanites was named by Toumansky (1937). Its type is Prosicanites edelsteini.

It was assigned to Sicanitinae by Leonova (2002), Korn (2006), Leonova (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Prosicanites Toumansky
2002Prosicanites Leonova
2006Prosicanites Korn
2019Prosicanites Leonova

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

G. †Prosicanites Toumansky 1937
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Prosicanites edelsteini Toumansky 1937
Prosicanites laxilectus Leonova 1992
Prosicanites minutus Leonova 1992
Prosicanites papuanus Smith 1927
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height35.775.106.405.900.656
shell diameter313.811.716.613.42.49

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: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Tajikistan P. laxilectus (130229) P. minutus (111383 130227 130228)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4Indonesia P. papuanus (39614)