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Prolecanitida ✝
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| Rank | order (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Prolecanitida | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 317 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 365 - 361 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 251 - 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Prolecanitina ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Medlicottioidea ✝ superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 867 | 339 Ma Carboniferous | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
| Prolecanitoidea ✝ superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 302 | 365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 269 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1954 | Prolecanitida Miller and Furnish |
| 2002 | Prolecanitida Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2009 | Prolecanitida Furnish et al. p. 185 |
| 2016 | Prolecanitida Korn and Sudar p. 216 |
References
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!
Aljezur, Faro, Portugal