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Prolecanites sp.

Aljezur, Faro, Portugal

Prolecanites sp.

Aljezur, Faro, Portugal

Prolecanites sp.

Aljezur, Faro, Portugal

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4625258	https://www.gbif.org/species/4625258
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	13982	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=13982

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Prolecanitidae : Prolecanites

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Prolecanitida : Prolecanitidae : Prolecanites

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Ammonoidea
order	Prolecanitida	Miller and Furnish 1954
superfamily	Prolecanitoidea
family	Prolecanitidae	Korn et al. 2003
genus	Prolecanites	Mojsisovics 1882

Scientific Name

Prolecanites Mojsisovics, 1882

Name Published In

Abh. Geol. Reichsanst. Wien, 10

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Prolecanites	subgenus	belongs to Goniatites	stated with evidence	Etheridge, 1894
Prolecanites	genus	belongs to Prolecanitida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Prolecanites	genus	belongs to Prolecanitinae	stated with evidence	Korn, 2006
Prolecanites	genus	belongs to Prolecanitidae	stated with evidence	Korn and Sudar, 2016

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

365 - 361 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian

Last Recorded Appearance

326 - 318 Ma
Carboniferous

Motility

fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)

Vision

well-developed (based on Cephalopoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Ammonoidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Ammonoidea)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Prolecanites americanus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Prolecanites compactus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Prolecanites discoides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	339 Ma Carboniferous	339 Ma Carboniferous
Prolecanites dollei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Prolecanites gurleyi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Prolecanites hesteri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Prolecanites houghtoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Prolecanites kiaensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Prolecanites librovitchi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	11	336 Ma Carboniferous	326 Ma Carboniferous
Prolecanites louisianensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Prolecanites lyoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	20	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Prolecanites maeandricus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	339 Ma Carboniferous	339 Ma Carboniferous
Prolecanites mapesi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	336 Ma Carboniferous	336 Ma Carboniferous
Prolecanites marshallensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Prolecanites mixolobus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Prolecanites mojsisovicsi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Prolecanites monroensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Prolecanites perfectus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Prolecanites postapplanatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Prolecanites primitivus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Prolecanites serpentinus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	339 Ma Carboniferous	339 Ma Carboniferous
Prolecanites stevanovici ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	10	339 Ma Carboniferous	339 Ma Carboniferous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1882	Prolecanites Mojsisovics
1894	Goniatites (Prolecanites) Etheridge Jr. p. 36
1949	Rhipaeocanites Ruzhentsev
1964	Prolecanites (Rhipaeocanites) Gordon, Jr p. A22
2002	Prolecanites Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Prolecanites Korn
2009	Prolecanites Furnish et al. p. 186
2016	Prolecanites Korn and Sudar p. 216

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Etheridge Jr. R. Palaeontologia novae cambriae meridionalis: occasional descriptions of New South Wales Fossils, No. 1, Records of the Geological Survey of New South Wales 4, 32-37

Gordon, Jr M. (1964) California Carboniferous cephalopods, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 483-A, A1-A27 doi:10.3133/pp483A

Korn D. (2006) Paleozoic ammonoid classification

Furnish W. M., Glenister B. F., et al (2009) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Revised: Mollusca 4, Volume 2: Carboniferous and Permian Ammonoidea (Goniatitida and Prolecanitida), 1-258

Korn D., Sudar M. N. (2016) The Late Devonian and Early Carboniferous ammonoids (Cephalopoda) from Milivojevia Kamenjar, Družeti (NW Serbia) and their stratigraphy, Bulletin of Geosciences 91, 187-220

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Abh. Geol. Reichsanst. Wien, 10 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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