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Prolecanites maeandricus

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Prolecanitidae

Taxonomy
Prolecanites maeandricus was named by Korn and Ebbighausen (2006). Its type specimen is MfN MB.C.9085.1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GI-J, Gara el Itima, which is in an Asbian basinal (siliciclastic) sandstone in the Zrigat Formation of Morocco.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Prolecanites maeandricus Korn and Ebbighausen p. 47 figs. 43, 44

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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
speciesmaeandricus

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.

Prolecanites maeandricus Korn and Ebbighausen 2006
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Diagnosis
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