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Prolecanitidae ✝

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Prolecanites sp.

Aljezur, Faro, Portugal

Prolecanites sp.

Aljezur, Faro, Portugal

Prolecanites sp.

Aljezur, Faro, Portugal

Description

Prolecanitidae is a family of ammonites in the order Prolecanitida, with 10 genera.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prolecanitidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4625255	https://www.gbif.org/species/4625255
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	87341	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=87341

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Prolecanitidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Prolecanitida : Prolecanitidae

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

Scientific Name

Prolecanitidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Prolecanitidae	family	belongs to Prolecanitaceae	stated with evidence	Korn, 2006
Prolecanitidae	family	belongs to Prolecanitida	stated with evidence	Korn, 2006
Prolecanitidae	family	belongs to Prolecanitoidea	stated with evidence	Furnish et al., 2009

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)

D. Korn, J. Bockwinkel, and V. Ebbighausen, C. Klug. 2003. Palaeobiogeographic and evolutionary meaning of an early Late Tournaisian ammonoid fauna from the Tafilalt of Morocco. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48(1):71-92

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prolecanitidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Prolecanitinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)	31	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Protocanitinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)	21	365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	345 Ma Carboniferous
Becanites ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	11	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Cantabricanites ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	345 Ma Carboniferous	345 Ma Carboniferous
Dombarocanites ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	58	336 Ma Carboniferous	326 Ma Carboniferous
Eocanites ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	20	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Merocanites ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	11	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	345 Ma Carboniferous
Prolecanites ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	56	365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	326 Ma Carboniferous
Protocanites ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	9	365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	354 Ma Carboniferous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
2003	Prolecanitidae Korn et al.
2006	Prolecanitidae Korn
2009	Prolecanitidae Furnish et al. p. 186
2016	Prolecanitidae Korn and Sudar p. 216

References

Korn D., Bockwinkel J., et al (2003) Palaeobiogeographic and evolutionary meaning of an early Late Tournaisian ammonoid fauna from the Tafilalt of Morocco, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48 1, 71-92

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

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - 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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