Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Cephalopoda
Subclassis: † Ammonoidea
Ordo: Prolecanitida
Subordo: Prolecanitina
Superfamilia: Prolecanitaceae
Familia: Prolecanitidae
Subfamilia: Prolecanitinae
Genus: Michiganites
Name
Michiganites Ruzhencev, 1962
References
The Paleobiology Database Accessed on 12/05/08
Michiganites is a member of the ammonoid order Prolecanitida, named by Ruzhencev in 1962, which comes from the Meramacian stage of Mississippian Period (early Carboniferous Visian).
The shell of Michiganites is discoidal and smooth, as for the family. The ventral lobe of the suture is expanded; three lobes are formed on either side.
Michiganites is placed in the suborder Prolecanitinae (the Prolecanitaceae of Hyatt 1884) and in the family Prolecanitidae along with related genera, Becanites, Dombarocanites, Eocanites, Katacanites, Metacanites, and Prolecanites
References
GONIAT on line [1]
Paleobiology Database
Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Ammonoidea; Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, 1957.
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