Biology:Pronorites
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Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Prolecanitida |
| Family: | †Pronoritidae |
| Subfamily: | †Pronoritinae |
| Genus: | †Pronorites Mojsisovics 1882 |
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Pronorites is a prolecanitid genus from the middle and upper Carboniferous, upper Mississippian and Pennsylvanian. Distribution is wide spread.
Pronorites, as for the Pronoritidae, produced discoidal shells with no prominent sculpture, in which the ventral lobe of the suture has three prongs. In Pronorites the prongs of the 1st lateral lobe are simple, undivided.
References
- Notes
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=231&rank=class. Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- ↑ "Paleobiology Database - Pronorites". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=13983.
- Bibliography
- Miller, Furnish, and Schindewolf (1957) Paleozoic Ammonidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L, Ammonoidea. Geological Soc. of America.
- Weblinks
- Pronorites in Goniat online 9/3/13.
Wikidata ☰ Q16963530 entry
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