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Prososphinctes

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae

Taxonomy
Prososphinctes was named as a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Prososphinctinae.

It was reranked as Perisphinctes (Prososphinctes) by Parent (2006).

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); to Perisphinctes by Parent (2006); and to Prososphinctinae by Głowniak (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Prososphinctes Sepkoski
2006Perisphinctes (Prososphinctes) Parent p. 38
2012Prososphinctes Głowniak p. 131

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyPerisphinctidaeSteinmann 1890
subfamilyPrososphinctinae
genusPrososphinctes

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.

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Prososphinctes bourseaui Melendez 1989
Prososphinctes consociatus Bukowski 1887
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Invalid names: Perisphinctes mazuricus Bukowski 1887 [synonym], Prososphinctes hughesi Brochwicz-Lewinski 1981 [synonym], Prososphinctes sequeirosi Brochwicz-Lewinski 1981 [synonym]
Prososphinctes michalskii Bukowski 1887
Prososphinctes polelum Głowniak 2012
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available