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Prolecanites primitivus

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Prolecanitidae

Taxonomy
Metacanites primitivus was named by Kullmann (1963).

It was recombined as Prolecanites primitivus by Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya (1971).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Metacanites primitivus Kullmann
1971Prolecanites primitivus Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya p. 128

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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
speciesprimitivus(Kullmann 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.

Prolecanites primitivus Kullmann 1963
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Diagnosis
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