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Prolecanites

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Prolecanitidae

Taxonomy
Prolecanites was named by Mojsisovics (1882) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise-u C Serp-l Sepkoski's reference number: 304]. It is not extant. Its type is Prolecanites mojsisovicsi. It is the type genus of Prolecanitidae, Prolecanitacea, Prolecanitinae.

It was reranked as Goniatites (Prolecanites) by Etheridge (1894).

It was assigned to Goniatites by Etheridge (1894); to Prolecanitida by Sepkoski (2002); to Prolecanitinae by Korn (2006) and Furnish et al. (2009); and to Prolecanitidae by Korn and Sudar (2016).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Prolecanites Mojsisovics
1894Goniatites (Prolecanites) Etheridge Jr. p. 36
1949Rhipaeocanites Ruzhentsev
1964Prolecanites (Rhipaeocanites) Gordon, Jr. p. A22
2002Prolecanites Sepkoski
2006Prolecanites Korn
2009Prolecanites Furnish et al. p. 186
2016Prolecanites Korn and Sudar p. 216

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderProlecanitidaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyProlecanitoidea()
familyProlecanitidaeHyatt 1884
genusProlecanitesMojsisovics 1882

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. †Prolecanites Mojsisovics 1882
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Prolecanites americanus Miller and Garner 1953
Prolecanites compactus Meek and Worthen 1865
Prolecanites discoides Foord and Crick 1897
Prolecanites dollei Librovitch 1960
Prolecanites gurleyi Smith 1903
Prolecanites hesteri Moore 1952
Prolecanites kiaensis Ruzhentsev 1966
Prolecanites librovitchi Ruzhentsev 1949
Prolecanites lyoni Meek and Worthen 1860
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Invalid names: Goniatites hyas Hall 1860 [synonym]
Prolecanites maeandricus Korn and Ebbighausen 2006
Prolecanites mapesi Korn and Ebbighausen 2006
Prolecanites marshallensis Winchell 1862
Prolecanites mixolobus Phillips 1836
Prolecanites monroensis Worthen 1890
Prolecanites perfectus Schmidt 1925
Prolecanites postapplanatus Kullmann 1963
Prolecanites primitivus Kullmann 1963
Prolecanites serpentinus Phillips 1836
Prolecanites stevanovici Korn and Sudar 2016
Invalid names: Rhipaeocanites Ruzhentsev 1949 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available