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Protocanites
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Prolecanitida
Superfamily:
Prolecanitoidea
Family:
Prolecanitidae
Subfamily:
Protocanitinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Protocanites Schmidt in PAECKELMANN, 1922, p. 283
Type Species:
Goniatites lyoni Meek & Worthen, 1860, p. 471, SD LIBROVICH, 1940, p. 75
Images
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Fig. 119,1a–c. *P. lyoni (meek & woRthen), Missouri, USA, Chouteau limestone, Kinderhookian; a–b, SUI 9545, × 1 (Miller, Furnish, & Schindewolf, 1957); c, suture, topotype, Rockford, Jackson County, Indiana, Rockford limestone, Osagean, ×2 (Miller & Garner, 1955).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Belgium, Great Britain, Germany, France, Algeria, Morocco, China (Xinjiang), Japan, Australia (New South Wales, Queensland), USA (? Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Kentucky, Nevada, Utah, Virginia).
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Mississippian (middle Tournaisian-upper Tournaisian)
Beginning International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
33
Beginning Date:
355.15
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Mississippian (middle Tournaisian-upper Tournaisian)
Ending International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
346.73
Description
Only eight lobes, two lobes on flanks. Sutural formula: EALUI German, VLU:ID Russian.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Prolecanitida
Superfamily:
Prolecanitoidea
Family:
Prolecanitidae
Subfamily:
Protocanitinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Protocanites Schmidt in PAECKELMANN, 1922, p. 283
Type Species:
Goniatites lyoni Meek & Worthen, 1860, p. 471, SD LIBROVICH, 1940, p. 75
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 119,1a–c. *P. lyoni (meek & woRthen), Missouri, USA, Chouteau limestone, Kinderhookian; a–b, SUI 9545, × 1 (Miller, Furnish, & Schindewolf, 1957); c, suture, topotype, Rockford, Jackson County, Indiana, Rockford limestone, Osagean, ×2 (Miller & Garner, 1955).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Belgium, Great Britain, Germany, France, Algeria, Morocco, China (Xinjiang), Japan, Australia (New South Wales, Queensland), USA (? Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Kentucky, Nevada, Utah, Virginia).
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Mississippian (middle Tournaisian-upper Tournaisian)
Beginning International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
33
Beginning Date:
355.15
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Mississippian (middle Tournaisian-upper Tournaisian)
Ending International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
346.73
Description
Only eight lobes, two lobes on flanks. Sutural formula: EALUI German, VLU:ID Russian.