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Katacanites

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Prolecanitidae

Taxonomy
Katacanites was named by Kullmann (1963) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Prolecanitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Prolecanitinae by Korn (2006) and Furnish et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Katacanites Kullmann
2002Katacanites Sepkoski
2006Katacanites Korn
2009Katacanites Furnish et al. p. 188

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderProlecanitidaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyProlecanitoidea()
familyProlecanitidaeHyatt 1884
subfamilyProlecanitinae
genusKatacanitesKullmann 1963

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. †Katacanites Kullmann 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available