Prolecanitidae is a family of
ammonites
Ammonoids are a group of extinct marine mollusc animals in the subclass Ammonoidea of the class Cephalopoda. These molluscs, commonly referred to as ammonites, are more closely related to living coleoids (i.e., octopuses, squid and cuttlefish) ...
in the order
Prolecanitida, with 10 genera.
Genera
Genera placed by
Fossilworks
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The Paleobiology Database is an online resource for information on the distribution and classification of fossil animals ...
.
* ''
Becanites''
Korn, 1997
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Cantabricanites''
Weyer, 1965
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Dombarocanites''
Ruzhencev, 1949
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Eocanites''
Librovitch, 1957
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Katacanites''
Kullmann, 1963
* ''
Merocanites''
Schindewolf, 1922
* ''
Metacanites''
Schindewolf, 1922
* ''
Michiganites''
Ruzhencev, 1962
* ''
Prolecanites''
Mojsisovics, 1882
* ''
Protocanites''
Schmidt, 1922
References
Prolecanitida
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