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Prolecanitidae
Taxonomy
Prolecanitidae was named by Hyatt (1884). Its type is Prolecanites.
It was assigned to Prolecanitida by Korn (2006); to Prolecanitoidea by Furnish et al. (2009); and to Prolecanitacea by Titus (2000), Korn (2006) and Korn and Sudar (2016).
It was assigned to Prolecanitida by Korn (2006); to Prolecanitoidea by Furnish et al. (2009); and to Prolecanitacea by Titus (2000), Korn (2006) and Korn and Sudar (2016).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1884 | Prolecanitidae Hyatt |
| 2000 | Prolecanitidae Titus p. 16 |
| 2006 | Prolecanitidae Korn |
| 2009 | Prolecanitidae Furnish et al. p. 186 |
| 2016 | Prolecanitidae Korn and Sudar p. 216 |
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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.
Fm. †Prolecanitidae Hyatt 1884
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G. †Dombarocanites Ruzhencev 1949
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†Dombarocanites catillus Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1971
†Dombarocanites chancharensis Ruzhentsev 1949
†Dombarocanites masoni Gordon, Jr. 1964
†Dombarocanites warreni Sellers and Furnish 1960
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 louisianensis Rowley 1895
†Prolecanites maeandricus Korn and Ebbighausen 2006
†Prolecanites mapesi Korn and Ebbighausen 2006
†Prolecanites marshallensis Winchell 1862
†Prolecanites mixolobus Phillips 1836
†Prolecanites mojsisovicsi Miller 1938
†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]
Subfm. †Prolecanitinae Hyatt 1884
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G. †Becanites Korn 1997
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†Becanites abnobensis Vöhringer 1960
†Becanites africanus Korn et al. 2003
†Becanites inflateralis Korn et al. 2010
G. †Eocanites Librovitch 1957
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†Eocanites dkorni Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen 2006
†Eocanites rtbeckeri Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen 2006
†Eocanites simplex Bockwinkel and Ebbighausen 2006
G. †Metacanites Schindewolf 1922
G. †Michiganites Ruzhencev 1962
Subfm. †Protocanitinae Weyer 1972
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G. †Merocanites Schindewolf 1922
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†Merocanites applanatus Frech 1899
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Invalid names: Merocanites subhenslowi Wagner-Gentis 1964 [synonym], Prolecanites holzapfeli Frech 1902 [synonym]
†Merocanites compressus Sowerby 1813
†Merocanites djaprakensis Librovitch 1927
†Merocanites drostei Collinson 1955
†Merocanites henslowi Sowerby 1820
†Merocanites houghtoni Winchell 1862
†Merocanites merocanites Ebbighausen et al. 2010
†Merocanites ogivalis Pareyn 1961
†Merocanites planorbis Delepine 1941
†Merocanites quadrilobus Riley 1996
†Merocanites rileyi Work and Nassichuk 2000
†Merocanites similis Crick 1895
†Merocanites subapplanatus Smyth 1951
†Merocanites tenuis Sheng 1984
G. †Protocanites Schmidt 1922
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†Protocanites australis Delépine 1941
†Protocanites hollardi Korn et al. 2002
†Protocanites supradevonicus Schindewolf 1923
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available