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Prolecanites americanus

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Prolecanitidae

Taxonomy
Prolecanites americanus was named by Miller and Garner (1953).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Prolecanites americanus Miller and Garner
1971Prolecanites americanus Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya p. 127

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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
speciesamericanusMiller and Garner 1953

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 americanus Miller and Garner 1953
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Diagnosis
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