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Prolecanitidae

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

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Prolecanitidae
Temporal range:
Protocanites, a Tournaisian prolecanitid
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Prolecanitida
Superfamily: Prolecanitoidea
Family: Prolecanitidae
Korn et al., 2003

Prolecanitidae is a family of ammonites in the order Prolecanitida, with 10 genera.1

Genera

Genera placed by Fossilworks.1

  • Becanites Korn, 1997
  • Cantabricanites Weyer, 1965
  • Dombarocanites Ruzhencev, 1949
  • Eocanites Librovitch, 1957
  • Katacanites Kullmann, 1963
  • Merocanites Schindewolf, 1922
  • Metacanites Schindewolf, 1922
  • Michiganites Ruzhencev, 1962
  • Prolecanites Mojsisovics, 1882
  • Protocanites Schmidt, 1922
References

References

  1. "Fossilworks: Prolecanitidae". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2019-04-05.